If societies, like institutions, are built to endure, then the bond that exists between generations must be considered. Constructing a framework to establish a philosophy of future generations, Tiziana Andina explores the factors that make it possible for a society to reproduce over time.

Andina’s study of the diachronic structure of societies considers the never-ending passage of generations, as each new generation comes to form a part of the new social fabric and political model.

Her model draws on the anthropologies offered by classical political philosophies such as Hobbes and Machiavelli and the philosophies of power as discussed by Nietzsche. She confronts the ethics and function of this fundamental relationship, examines the role of transgenerationality in the formation and endurance of Western democracies and recognizes an often overlooked problem: each new generation must form part of social and political arrangements designed for them by the generations that came before.

Participants: Tiziana Andina (author), Petar Bojanić, Igor Cvejić, Maurizio Ferraris, George Hristov, Marjan Ivković, Aleksandra Knežević, Mark Losoncz, Andrea Perunović, Tamara Plećaš and Srđan Prodanović.

Tiziana Andina is Full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin (Italy). Since 2016 she is the director of the research center, LabOnt – Center for Ontology at the University of Turin. She has been a fellow at Columbia University (2008-2009) and of Käte Hamburger Kolleg, University of Bonn (2015) as well as Visiting Professor at ITMO University, Russia (2014), Nanjing and Wuhan University, China (2019). Her recent work concerns the definition of art and social ontology. Her publications include: Il volto Americano di Nietzsche, La Città del Sole, 1999; Il problema della percezione nella filosofia di Nietzsche, Albo Versorio, 2005; Arthur Danto: Philosopher of Pop, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011, The Philosophy of Art: The Question of Definition. From Hegel to Post-Dantian Theories, Bloomsbury Academy 2013, An Ontology for Social Reality, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2016, What is Art? The Question of Definition Reloaded, Brill, 2017, A Philosophy for Future Generations. The Structure and Dynamic of Transgenerationality, Bloomsbury, 2022 and (ed. by), Bridging the Analytical Continental Divide. A Companion to Contemporary Western Philosophy, Brill 2014.

She is co-editor of the international series Brill Research Perspectives in Art and Law and of the international series Analytic Aesthetics and Contemporary Art (Bloomsbury Academic). Since 2020 she is editor of Rivista di Estetica.