MULTICULTURALISM AS THE MOST CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROSPECTS OF CIVILIZATION

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to rationalize human rights as a prevailing tendency in the development of modern society and governance. In particular, the main aspects of the problematic in their dialectical interconnection are actualized as well as the processes of formation of the principles of social interaction in the historical retrospective are outlined. Methodology. The general research strategy is based on the methodology of public administration: on the basis of historical, axiological and dialectical methods, cause-effect relationships between social processes and phenomena have been substantiated, the result of which has been the introduction of human rights methodology, including the concept of sustainable development. Scientific novelty consists in expanding theoretical representations of multiculturalism as the most constructive approach to the prospects of civilization. The role of informational and technological influences on society and government as well as the importance of protecting the universality of the information space, its integrity and openness are emphasized. It is consistently held that human rights create a powerful democratic potential for constructive change, development, and progress of society and governance on the basis of social interaction. Conclusions. It is substantiated that interconnection and interaction of human rights and sustainable development imperatives have a significant effect on the democratization of public life and ensuring the rule of law not only at the local but also at the national and global levels of government. It has been proved that the problem and tension between the universality of human rights and the cultural interconnection of identities in a multicultural world are manifested by the crisis in the contemporary world humanitarian space and specific approaches to its solution. Far controversial understanding of human rights by societies of different continents, confessions, traditions, and cultures, which has led to the denial of the cultural conditionality of human rights, has been established.