Samoidentyfikacja jako czynnik kształtowania świadomości patriotycznej
Personal self-identification as a factor in the formation of patriotic consciousness

Summary/Abstract: The interest in the problem of the formation of patriotic consciousness because of its potential importance in society is one of the topical issues in modern society, including for public authorities. Domestic and foreign experience, history, and modernity testify that the viability of any country depends to a large extent on the level of formation of the patriotic consciousness of its citizens. At the formation of human consciousness, it will be appropriate to consider the complexity of the modern man’s social environment, associated with drastic social changes in the form of cataclysm, changing political structures, and the ability to solve life’s problems itself. Thus, the purpose of the article is to consider the interdependence between a person’s self-identification as a social attitude and his civic activity, to show that the identification of oneself as a citizen largely forms the patriotic consciousness. In order to achieve this purpose, a number of methods have been applied in this scientific approach, including the following: logical, historical, systemic, and comparative methods.

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