Patriotism as a value in the globalizing world: national and international ‘measurements’

Abstract

The article considers patriotism as one of the most diffi cult social concepts to be 'measured' for it has different interpretations and 'dimensions' that are discursive rather than determined by objective factors. First, the author outlines the results of the Russian opinion polls in the 2010s, 2000s and 1990s, which indicate changes in the interpretations of patriotism by the shares of the population willing to identify themselves as patriots. The fi gures stabilized in the mid-2000s, which was also determined by the state's efforts to use the idea of patriotism to support the legitimacy of state bodies and national solidarity under the intensifying globalization. Since 2001, the state implements programs of patriotic education that aim to revive patriotism as an idea of individual spiritual heritage and the basis of social and political stability in the country. The author considers the patriotic mood of the Russian students based on the results of surveys conducted in 2011 and 2016 on the sample of Moscow students. The data present both national and international 'dimensions' of patriotism. The former is constituted by estimates of one's country position in the world, its key problems and contradictions, objects of pride, level of social trust, etc. The international dimension of the patriotic mood is constituted primarily by geopolitical awareness, i.e. the images of neighboring countries.

Humanitarian aspect of formation of patriotic values of youth by the means of digital educational resources

“…Another author (I.V. Trotsuk [4]) notes that the concept of patriotic values has different interpretations and indicators that have a discursive nature rather than objectively determined. The article also notes that young people, interpreting this concept, analyses it via an assessment of the country's position in the international arena, its main problems and contradictions, objects of national pride, the level of social trust.…”