The Age of Will (social philosophy)

Prof. Dr. Maija Kūle, leading researcher, emeritus professor (Institute of philosophy and sociology) maija.kule@lu.lv

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9325-8446

The Age of Will is an innovative philosophical concept that interprets major political, social, and cultural transformations of recent decades. It interprets a shift from Enlightenment - centered on rationality and legal order - towards conditions in which various forms of power shape global and societal dynamics. The doctoral studies' research investigate how this emerging Age of Will - situated between  Kant's concept of the "good will" and Nietzsche's "will to power" - can be understand phenomenologically in the contemporary situation, marked by geopolitical tensions and post-pandemic hesitation