CTSDThematic articles
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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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Republicpublished2026-06-25
The Idea of a Self-Determination-Based Republic
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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01Republic as political order
A republic is not reduced to procedures. It is a political order where public institutions must enable citizens and communities to act as responsible subjects.
02The citizen as co-author
The citizen is not merely a voter or service recipient. The citizen is a co-author of public meaning, institutional trust, and long-term responsibility.
03Policy as creating conditions
Policy is evaluated by the conditions it creates for self-determined action: education, law, security, economy, technology, and participation.
04Trust and accountability
Trust and accountability connect freedom with responsibility. Without them, the republic becomes either administrative machinery or symbolic language.
05The transition to civilization
A self-determination-based republic becomes civilizational when it can organize freedom, responsibility, technology, and future policy over the long term.
Comprehensive Theory of Self-Determination
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