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Information about the conference "The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Traditional and Universalism" that was held in Rome, Italy on September 1 to 4, 2008 is presented. The conference calls for a response to the intercultural clash of Islam and the West or the intra-Western crisis in values based on the problematic relationship between secularism and religion. The vision of the conference was taken from Pope Benedict XVI with the participation of Archbishop of Granada and Archbishop of Venice.

The article offers information on the Festival of Philosophy 2006 which took place from September 15-17, 2006 in Modena, Italy. The theme of the festival was humanity and it included exhibitions, shows performances, lectures, theatrical performance, and scientific and artistic library, amongst the protagonists of the international philosophical and cultural scene. It is the rapport between human beings and other living things which was the centre point of the research. Jurist Stefano Rodotà, the philosopher Salvatore Veca and political philosopher Carlo Galli debated on the questions which the contemporary society presents in relation with the theme of human rights and also took up the themes of universalism and multiculturalism.

This article examines the concept of social policy in the studies of Titmuss, Schorr-Baumheier, Kahn, and Boulding. The picture that emerges through such themes as universalism, equality of sources, and the redistribution of resources, shows the function and contradictions in social policy during the 80s, and can act as a stimulus for an appraisal of the Italian situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]