Maija Kule

@lu.lv

Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia

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
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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