The world is undergoing profound disorientations: geopolitical upheaval, mass migrations, climate change, and economic instability are converging to form a landscape of overlapping crises. In response, How to Orient Oneself in Times of Multiple Crises? brings together the five best essays from the Foundation’s second Philosophical Essay Prize Competition. This volume explores what it means to orient oneself intellectually and practically in turbulent times. The contributions come from:
- Nataliia Reva: “Crises in the Personal Environment and Ways of Overcoming Them”
- Natalia Hartinger: “Orientation Needs in Crises – from a Psychological and Philosophical Perspective”
- Dirk Stemper: “Overview of Historical Polycrises – A Comparative Analysis of Their Causes and Ways of Overcoming Them”
- Yuri Di Liberto: “From Disorientation to Scientific Co-Orientation”
- Tomáš Korda: “Trust in the Rationality of Ongoing Processes and Increased Use of Nuclear Energy”
How to Orient Oneself in Times of Multiple Crises? is now available on Orientations Press. You can download them for free here on our website.
These essays were selected from the 2022-2024 Philosophical Essay Prize Competition, part of the Foundation’s commitment to addressing urgent reorientations of the 21st century. The new prize question for 2025–26 is: “Is the Left-Right Distinction Still Useful for Political Orientation?” Submissions are due by January 31, 2026. Learn more here.