MODERN RUSSIAN PATRIOTISM: BASIC APPROACHES TO ITS INTERPRETATION

Abstract

The article characterizes the state of patriotism in modern Russia. It is regarded as a phenomenon, as a value and as an object of academic interest. As Russian society is in its transit condition, research of peculiarities and dynamics of attitude towards patriotism is necessary and possible, because it reflects underlying processes in the society. A brief discourse from philosophical, cultural, sociological and politological points of view of patriotism leads to the conclusion that crisis phenomena in all parts of Russian society deform the system of social values, where patriotism is one of the key elements.