THE PROBLEM OF PATRIOTISM IN MODERN RUSSIA
P. E. Tarkin
Keywords: new economic conditions, transformation of the society, patriotism, public and individual consciousness, fatherland, patriotism, patriotic consciousness, upbringing, education
Pages: 200-207
Abstract
Objectively, patriotism has been and remains the moving force of the development and protection of the national fatherlands. The specific features of the national mentality have developed for centuries: among them there are aspiration to the truth and justice, collectivism, orientation to the eternal values, disbelief with regard to good intentions of the power decisions, faith in the future, strategy of behavior on the basis of humanism and compassions, love and mercy, sobornost, etc. The main component of the Russian spirit has always been Love to the Native Land, aspiration to defend its sovereignty, to build up its greatness. However, today, in the conditions of powerful transformation of Russia, what are the tendencies of defining patriotism and what are the opportunities of formation of the educational system?
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