NEO-CONSERVATIVE POSITIONS OF CULTURAL POLICY OF THE UKRAINIAN STATE AT THE PRESENT STAGE

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to reveal the neo-conservative positions of cultural policy of the Ukrainian state at the present stage. Methodology of research is based on the structural-philosophical analysis, ideological-informative, axiological and normative-valuable approaches and principles of objectivity and holism. Scientific novelty of the article lies in the fact that on the basis of neo-conservatism as the ideological and political platform, which is the centrist movement and relies on the idea of national unity, national responsibility of the elite, the idea of state protection and control on the positions of "right reformism philosophy", on the principles of social stability and the guarantee of natural (evolutional) development, the strategy of cultural policy of Ukraine is proved. It should come from the harmonious synthesis of conservative (protecting) and creative-innovative components. Herewith, the first one should be the priority and the core, containing the possibility for further development. Conclusions. The article proves the main principle of the neo-conservative cultural policy of the Ukrainian state, on the base of which book publishing, cinema production, international cultural co-operation etc. should develop. In particular, reformation of the cultural sphere includes the unity of the traditional core and innovative superstructure. First, it converts national heritage into the competitive factor, and secondly, it gives the opportunity to keep the cultural identity of Ukrainians as the people and the nation-subject in the globalized world.