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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Civilizationpublished2026-06-25
The Horizon of a Self-Determined Civilization
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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01Civilization as long-term order
Civilization is the long-term organization of meanings, institutions, technologies, and forms of life. CTSD asks whether that order preserves or weakens human subjecthood.
02Freedom and responsibility
Freedom becomes stable only when it is connected with responsibility. Responsibility gives freedom continuity and public meaning.
03Technology and subjecthood
Technology is civilizationally constructive when it expands understanding, action, and responsibility rather than replacing the subject with automatic systems.
04A network of republics
Self-determined civilization can be imagined as a network of republics and institutions that develop citizens, protect dignity, and create long-term public capability.
05Policy of the future
Future policy must ask not only what can be optimized, but what kind of human being, society, and civilization are being formed through today’s choices.
Comprehensive Theory of Self-Determination
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