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SUMMARY:CULTURE & ITS DISCONTENTS:  FROM  SELFIES  TO  COMMUNITY
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DESCRIPTION:<p>Suggested&nbsp\; Themes:<br>At the center of postmodern culture is a paradox: What Christopher Lasch analyzed as The&nbsp\; Culture of Narcissism (1979) that celebrates an individual&rsquo\;s unbounded subjectivity\, found an unlikely ally in what Mark Milke calls The Victim Cult (2021) that focuses on past grievances while forsaking the future.&nbsp\; Both Hitler and Stalin thought of themselves as &ldquo\;victims.&rdquo\;&nbsp\; Their paranoia stoked fascist and communist totalitarian dictatorships punctuated by Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet Gulag chronicled by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn.&nbsp\; In post-World War II U.S.\, racial\, ethnic and gender preferences had unintended consequences.&nbsp\; Beneficiaries who succeeded due to talent and effort would have done so without preferences\, while those less-prepared often faced higher education&rsquo\;s revolving door.&nbsp\; As contributors to A Dubious Expediency (2021) conclude\, such preferences damage higher education\, lowering standards\, resulting in demands for further leveling\, and silencing of independent voices via political correctness.&nbsp\; But the major deleterious consequence of preferences is the retribalization of American society and resulting identity politics which now divide the Republic along ancient tribal\, non-negotiable\, lines. John McWhorter claims in Woke Racism (2021) that the &ldquo\;Elect&rdquo\;--self-styled gurus who demand uncompromising racial consciousness of victimhood from blacks and whites alike--propagate a new &ldquo\;religion&rdquo\; that has betrayed black America.&nbsp\; The question arises: Can individuals and groups in 21st-century America find common ground\, renewing the culture and civil society as the precondition for community and a more perfect Union?<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;__________________________________________________________________________________<br><br>JIS Symposium 2023 endeavors to bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and denominations for an exciting international conference which takes both scholarship and faith seriously.&nbsp\; JIS Symposium 2023: Culture &amp\; Its Discontents is co-sponsored by IIR-ICSA-JIS in the City of the Roses--the world-famous Tournament of Roses--in sunny Southern California\, with many cultural &amp\; sightseeing opportunities (via Zoom).&nbsp\; All conference participants must pre-register.&nbsp\; Abstracts (250 words) due: August 15\, 2023: c/o Dr. O. Gruenwald\, JIS Editor\, 1065 Pine Bluff Drive\, Pasadena\, CA 91107\, USA\, per e-mail (no attachments) to: info@jis3.org. Include: Paper Title\, First &amp\; Last Name\, faculty or student\, institution\, mailing address\, telephone &amp\; e-mail. Fully-developed papers will be considered for publication in the refereed Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XXXVI 2024.&nbsp\; Web: https://www.jis3.org/symposium2023.<br><br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;CONFERENCE&nbsp\; STRUCTURE:<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Main Conference Program via Zoom:&nbsp\; Saturday\, 14 October 2023.<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Format:&nbsp\; Multidisciplinary panels and papers.<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Keynote:&nbsp\; &ldquo\;Identity Politics\, Natural Law and Human Dignity&rdquo\;<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Nalani E. Hilderman\, San Diego Christian College<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Leitmotif:&nbsp\; In search of truth without prejudice (tao).<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Sponsors:&nbsp\; Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies\, Institute for InterdisciplinaryResearch\,&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; International Christian Studies Association.<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Hosted By:&nbsp\; Omega Graduate School.&nbsp\; Cindy Schmitt\, Zoom Tech Director.<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Registration: Donation (tax-deductible):&nbsp\; Online Option via PayPal:&nbsp\; Use PayPal Donate<br>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Button on JIS Symposium 2023 web:&nbsp\; https://www.jis3.org/symposium2023.</p>
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