Fate or Free Will: Women of the Moderne Era

Lesya Ukrainka, Olha Kobylianska, and Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska — three lives that challenged a “male” cultural space. Thanks to their energy, our culture ceased to be one-dimensional, becoming polyphonic and complete.
This book is an attempt at psychobiographical portraiture based on an “existential-historical dialogue.” It offers an opportunity to understand these outstanding figures through the most essential dimensions of their lives.
Who should read it? Anyone seeking to grasp modern Ukraine through the lenses of philosophy, psychology, gender studies, and a postcolonial perspective. It is an intellectual journey in search of answers to the question of how the passionate energy of a few individuals can mobilize an entire nation.