CTSDThematic articles
The articles help readers orient quickly in CTSD’s main questions and then move to related pages, concepts, or publications.
Humanpublished
CTSD begins with the human being: not as an isolated individual, but as a subject acting within life, relations, institutions, and the future.
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CTSDpublished
CTSD presents self-determination as an interconnected theory of the human being, relations, institutions, republic, and civilizational future.
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Societypublished
In CTSD, society is the space where human self-determination becomes relation, trust, participation, and a culture of acting together.
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Institutionspublished
A self-determination-based institution is not limited to control or service. It creates predictability, trust, and a real capacity to act.
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Republicpublished
In CTSD, the republic is not only a state form. It is a political order whose criterion is the growth of human and social subjecthood.
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Civilizationpublished
A self-determined civilization is a long-term order where freedom, responsibility, technology, and future policy are organized around human subjecthood.
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CTSDpublished2026-06-26
Comprehensive Theory of Self-Determination
CTSD presents self-determination as an interconnected theory of the human being, relations, institutions, republic, and civilizational future.
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01What makes the theory comprehensive
The theory is comprehensive because it does not reduce self-determination to one level. It connects inner life, relations, institutional conditions, public responsibility, and the horizon of civilization.
02Why self-determination is not only personal choice
Choice matters, but choice without orientation, capability, and responsibility can remain formal. CTSD asks whether a person or public subject can understand a situation, act, and carry consequences.
03The role of the eight domains
The eight domains show where self-determination is formed or disrupted: meaning, mental stability, cognition, body, relations, institutions, economy, and technology.
04The role of the five levels
The five levels show how self-determination grows in scale: from the human being to society, institutions, republic, and civilizational future.
05How to read CTSD as one system
CTSD should be read as a connected language. Each concept, domain, and level gains meaning through its relation to the whole.
Comprehensive Theory of Self-Determination
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