On April 16, AlmaU hosted the philosophical roundtable “Tolyq Adam: Anthropological Discourse” – an academic platform for an open interdisciplinary discussion on the human being, human integrity, subjectivity, responsibility, and the limits of the human in the context of 21st-century challenges.
The roundtable was designed not as a series of individual presentations, but as a space for the intellectual juxtaposition of thesis and antithesis. This approach made it possible to consider the concept of Tolyq Adam not as a completed doctrine, but as an open anthropological project through which questions of human integrity, moral responsibility, historical experience, cultural plurality, and digital transformations are re-examined in new ways.
The session was moderated by Sholpan Ibrzharova, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Transformative Humanities, AlmaU, and representative of the Tolyq Adam Institute. Opening remarks were delivered by Renata Kudaibergenova, Vice-Rector for Science and Commercialization, and Aizhan Saparaliyeva, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Transformative Humanities.
The discussion focused on philosophical, socio-historical, and contemporary anthropological dimensions of the human being. The first section addressed the Kazakh philosophical tradition, the limits of human integrity, value shifts, and subjectivity in contemporary Kazakhstan, as well as models of decision-making. The second section explored gender as an anthropological perspective, entrepreneurial thinking as a form of subjectivity, and the impact of the digital age, artificial intelligence, and new technologies on the understanding of humans and education.
The roundtable brought together prominent philosophers, sociologists, economists, scholars of religion, and researchers: Aidar Amrebaev, Tursun Gabitov, Serik Beisembayev, Alexei Belyanin, Asyltai Tasbolat, Olga Isupova, Tatyana Soldatenko, Olga Kostyunina, Rustem Mustafin, and Laura Turarbekova. The diversity of topics and approaches enabled a meaningful and well-argued dialogue on the human being as a philosophical, social, cultural, and digital phenomenon of the contemporary world.
A separate part of the program featured the presentation of a new initiative – TOLYQ TALQY TALMA | AlmaU, a philosophical club and podcast designed as a sustainable communication platform for developing a culture of public thinking, intellectual reflection, and interdisciplinary dialogue within the academic environment of AlmaU.
The roundtable confirmed the relevance of a serious philosophical discourse on the human being in the modern university and marked an important step in the development of academic discussion around the concept of Tolyq Adam as an open space for thinking, critical analysis, and the collective search for new humanitarian orientations.