born in Latvia, Lejasciems, graduated Latvia State university, doctoral degree in philosophy, full member of the Latvian Academy of sciences, elected member at the European Academy of sciences and arts, class Humanities. 15 years CD member of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP), member of 2 FISP comittees
EDUCATION
Dr. phil., Dr. habil. phil. University of Latvia
RESEARCH INTERESTS
philosophy - phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, feminist philosophy, gender studies, philosophical anthropology, ethics, science ethics, culture studies, human rights
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Scholar Citations
7
Scholar h-index
6
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
The Phenomenological Teaching of Nelly Motroshilova in the Context of the Awakening of the Spirit of Freedom in the Baltic Countries M Kūle Philosophy Through Its History: The Intellectual Legacy of Nelly V … , 2026 2026
Imaginatio Creatrix, Moral Sense and Hesitant Bodies M Kūle Eco-Imagination as the New Phenomenological Frontier: Towards a Sustainable … , 2026 2026
A Philosophical Portrait of Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka: Logos and Life M Kūle Women Phenomenologists Past and Present: The Human Being in the World … , 2025 2025
BIG EVENTS, WILL AND THE QUEST FOR HUMAN AUTONOMY IN THE POSTPANDEMIC WORLD M Kūle 2025
The age of will: introduction into the theme M Kūle The Age of Will: Philosophical Foundations, Political , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
The Importance of Eco-phenomenology in the Understanding of the Pandemic Crisis–New Turns and Concepts M Kūle The Development of Eco-Phenomenology as An Interpretative Paradigm of The … , 2022 2022 Citations: 4
Eco-phenomenological interpretation of autonomous being at the time of pandemic M Kūle The Development of Eco-Phenomenology as An Interpretative Paradigm of The … , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
The development of Eco-Phenomenology as an interpretative paradigm of the living world: Applications in pandemic times D Verducci, M Kūle Springer Nature , 2022 2022 Citations: 5
Europe and Latvia: Critical thinking and strategic philosophical management for the future M Kūle Proceedings of the 80th LU International Conference “Culture and Human … , 2022 2022 Citations: 1
Philosophy in Latvia in the recent 40 Years (1982–2022) M Kūle THE FATE OF PHILOSOPHY AFTER THE FALL OF THE USSR, 219 , 2022 2022 Citations: 1
Cilvēciskie mežoņi: Francs Fanons un rasisms K Mirončuka 2022
Phenomenology and Culture: Collaboration between Georgian and Latvian Philosophers M Kūle Philosophical–Theological Review 11, 21-38 , 2021 2021 Citations: 2
Eko-fenomenoloģija mūsdienās: LU 79. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli M Kūle LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts , 2021 2021
EDĪTES ŠTEINAS MĀCĪBA PAR EMPĀTIJU KĀ KOPĪBAS MEKLĒJUMI M Kūle Religiski-filozofiski raksti 29 (1), 64-102 , 2021 2021
ФЕНОМЕНОЛОГИЯ В ЛАТВИИ PHENOMENOLOGY IN LATVIA M KŪLE HORIZON 10 (1), 15 , 2021 2021
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PHENOMENOLOGY IN LATVIA: 1920-2020 K Maija HORIZON. Феноменологические исследования 10 (1), 15-44 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
Rietumu dimensija kultūru migrācijā: filosofiskā doma Latvijā M Kūle Latvija: kultūru migrācija, 55-91 , 2019 2019 Citations: 3
Kritiskā domāšana, inovācija, konkurētspēja un globalizācija (referātu tēzes) M Kūle, JN Vējš, R Vilciņš, A Hiršs, R Zembahs, I Gubenko, U Vēgners, ... LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts , 2019 2019
The Symphony of Sentience, in Cosmos and Life: In Memoriam Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka O Louchakova-Schwartz Eco-Phenomenology: Life, Human Life, Post-Human Life in the Harmony of the … , 2018 2018 Citations: 1
Eco-phenomenology: Philosophical sources and main concepts M Kūle Eco-phenomenology: Life, human life, post-human life in the harmony of the … , 2018 2018 Citations: 12
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Filosofija M Kūle, R Kūlis Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC 463 , 1998 1998 Citations: 64
Eirodzīve: formas, principi, izjūtas M Kūle LU Filozofijas un sociolog̓ijas institūts , 2006 2006 Citations: 33
Phenomenology and culture M Kūle 2002 Citations: 27
Jābūtības vārdi M Kūle Rīga: Zinātne 424 , 2016 2016 Citations: 19
Eco-phenomenology: Philosophical sources and main concepts M Kūle Eco-phenomenology: Life, human life, post-human life in the harmony of the … , 2018 2018 Citations: 12
Teodors Celms: fenomenoloʻgiskie meklējumi M Kūle, L Muižniece, U Vēgners LU Filozofijas un Socioloʻgijas Institūts , 2009 2009 Citations: 12
Ceļš saprašanas labirintos M Kūle Zinātne , 1989 1989 Citations: 8
Logos and life: Understanding of Rhythm M Kūle Phenomenology/Ontopoiesis Retrieving Geo-cosmic Horizons of Antiquity: Logos … , 2011 2011 Citations: 7
Theodor Celms: Forerunner of the phenomenology of life M Kūle Ontopoietic Expansion in Human Self-Interpretation-in-Existence: The I and … , 1998 1998 Citations: 7
Silence as a cultural phenomenon M Kūle Reason, Life, Culture: Part I Phenomenology in the Baltics, 13-21 , 1993 1993 Citations: 6
The development of Eco-Phenomenology as an interpretative paradigm of the living world: Applications in pandemic times D Verducci, M Kūle Springer Nature , 2022 2022 Citations: 5
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PHENOMENOLOGY IN LATVIA: 1920-2020 K Maija HORIZON. Феноменологические исследования 10 (1), 15-44 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
Interpretations of Suffering in Phenomenology of Life and Today’s Life-World M Kūle Phenomenology and the Human Positioning in the Cosmos: The Life-world … , 2012 2012 Citations: 5
The Importance of Eco-phenomenology in the Understanding of the Pandemic Crisis–New Turns and Concepts M Kūle The Development of Eco-Phenomenology as An Interpretative Paradigm of The … , 2022 2022 Citations: 4
Home: A Phenomenological Approach M Kūle Passion for Place Book II: Between the Vital Spacing and the Creative … , 1997 1997 Citations: 4
Rietumu dimensija kultūru migrācijā: filosofiskā doma Latvijā M Kūle Latvija: kultūru migrācija, 55-91 , 2019 2019 Citations: 3
Intersubjective parameters of the life processes M Kūle The Creative Matrix of the Origins: Dynamisms, Forces and the Shaping of … , 2002 2002 Citations: 3
The age of will: introduction into the theme M Kūle The Age of Will: Philosophical Foundations, Political , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Eco-phenomenological interpretation of autonomous being at the time of pandemic M Kūle The Development of Eco-Phenomenology as An Interpretative Paradigm of The … , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
Phenomenology and Culture: Collaboration between Georgian and Latvian Philosophers M Kūle Philosophical–Theological Review 11, 21-38 , 2021 2021 Citations: 2
Publications
1. Maija Kūle. Eco-Phenomenology: Philosophical Sources and Main Concepts / Maija Kūle // Eco-Phenomenology: Life, Human Life, Post-Human Life in the Harmony of the Cosmos / eds.: William S. Smith, Jadwiga S. Smith, Daniela Verducci - (Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research ; . - Cham : Springer, 2018. - ISBN 9783319775159. - P.43-58. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77516-6_5.
2. Maija Kūle. Life Experience, Values and Education / Maija Kūle // Religion and culture in dialogue: East and West perspectives / ed. Jānis Tālivaldis Ozoliņš - (Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures ; . - Cham : Springer, 2016. - ISSN 2211-1107. - ISBN 9783319257228. - P.205-217. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25724-2_13.
3. Maija Kūle. Human soul, body and life horizons / Maija Kūle // Phenomenology of space and time: The forces of the cosmos and the ontopoietic genesis of life: Book one / ed. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka. - (Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research ; . - Cham : Springer, 2014. - ISBN 9783319020143. - P.259-269. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02015-0_21
WoS reģistrācijā parādās uzvārds Kuele, Maija, ar kļūdu, publikācijā, t.i., grāmatā ir pareizais Kūle.
RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)
monograph: Jābūtības vārdi. Etīdes par zināšanām un vērtībām mūsdienu Latvijā. Rīga. Apgāds “Zinātne”, 2016, xx, 428 lpp. Monogrāfija rekomendēta publicēšanai LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūta ZP sēdē, 2015.g., 9.09, 3 zinātniskie recenzenti, kopsavilkums angļu val., ISBN 978-9934-549-06-9,
monograph : Fenomenoloģija mūsdienu pasaulē. Phenomenology Worldwide. Kolektīva monogrāfija. Sastādītāja un zinātniskā redaktore Maija Kūle. Rīga: FSI, 2016, 322 lpp. Izdevums rekomendēts publikācijai LU FSI ZP sēdē 2016, 16.09, 2 zinātniskie recenzenti, bibliogrāfija ISBN 978-9934-506-40-6
Nodaļas: M. Kūle. Fenomenoloģijas nozīme mūsdienu filosofiskās domas attīstībā, 9.-39.lpp.; Pārsniedzot klasiskās fenomenoloģijas ietvarus: dzīves fenomenoloģijas projekts, 147.-171.lpp., Teodors Celms un Staņislavs Ladusāns SJ – salīdzinošais skatījums, 281.-293.lpp.
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, or ACADEMIC BENEFITS
The highest Order of the Latvia state - Three stars, III level, commander, 2012
Paul Harris fellow medal, International Rotary movement