CULTURAL AND INFORMATION INFLUENCE OF MODERN WORLD TO HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF UKRAINIAN POLITICAL NATION

Authors

  • Dmitry Vedeneev doctor of science (History), prof., National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.3.2015.138449

Keywords:

cultural identity, globalization, political nation, historical memory, national consciousness, humanitarian policy, information activities

Abstract

The influence of cultural, information and psychological processes of globalization on the functioning of historical memory mechanisms in Ukraine is considered. Recommendations regarding scientific support of the historical memory formation and development state policy, which would include the scientific, cultural and educational, memorial segments, are made.

Research and origin of the functioning of Historical Memory (historical consciousness) became one of the leading areas of world and national historiosophical opinion interdisciplinary subject of serious research. Globalization caused massive scale out social, political and economic activity beyond the borders of individual states and nations on intercontinental level. Unheard of increased intensity of the relationships in the exchange of goods, investments, financial operations, migration, cultural and information processes. Much easier movement of people and process information. Globalization has in many ways become a logical consequence of humanity – and Interstate block integration collapse of the colonial system and a new type of networking between former colonies and metropolises, weight increase industrial cooperation and open new resource bases in remote parts of the world developed countries, improvement material culture under the influence of the STR, the development of transport and communications, the Internet.

It is worth noting that the analysis of the essence of globalization is generally taken into account the economic and communication factors, while globalization means a significant challenge to traditional cultures of the world. Conducted since the end of the 1990s. Number of leading international think tank study on the impact of the information revolution transformation processes of modern society BASED even cried when a new geopolitical concept, which is based on the thesis of the "digital divide" nations, which arose during the information revolution and globalization of the world economy. One of the most important phenomena of the spiritual life of people who are affected unifikatsiynyh effects of globalization is the historical memory of the peoples (nations) as part of their national consciousness and statehood. In modern ethnology approved the submission of historical consciousness factor as one of the key levers of creation of modern nations. Historical memory BASED treads important part of identity and the consolidation of the peoples inhabiting the Ukraine, a single political nation (civic community) – Ukrainian people. Restoring and preserving the collective memory of the state-creating traditions, civilizational achievements, military and labor victory, historical tragedy promotes unity citizenship and mobilizing spiritual forces and potential builders Ukrainian nation, its establishment as an equal subject of international relations, the preservation of public order and territorial integrity of Ukraine, creation of positive socio-political, moral and cultural field being Ukrainian political nation.

The term "historical memory" refers to the phenomenon of social consciousness, selectively stored nation body of knowledge, ideas and value assessments of the events of the past that had a decisive influence on its formation, identity, and state-civilizational achievements and consensus in society are perceived as the most important for its self-existence of a consolidated and constructive development in the future. Accordingly, the policy content of the historical memory of the Ukrainian state, are motivated, normalized with constitutional and legal point of view, science-based efforts of the state and society, aimed at identifying, preserving, strengthening in the public mind the memory of the most important reproduction and political life of the nation events and processes of the past in the interest of the sovereign state of civilization and progress. Given the globalization of modern world, the powerful development of electronic and other media, technologies and methods of influence on mass consciousness (including manipulating her destructive information and psychological impact) is markedly increasing scale of threats to information security and stability component of the Ukrainian state. The use of technologies targeted information-psychological influence in modern conditions can lead to such disastrous consequences for sovereign statehood that previously achieved direct aggression or coup.

During the period of development of Ukraine as a sovereign state politics of historical memory as part of humanitarian policy was created largely situational, exposed to political conditions, corporate interests. Its foundation was laid not acceptable to society, scientifically based enshrined in regulatory principles and guidelines concerning the development and implementation of national memory as a focused and continuous set of measures developed and implemented by the authorities.

Published

2016-08-25

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