NATIONAL IDEOLOGY IN UKRAINIAN STATE FORMATION: A VALUE ASPECT

Abstract

The article proves that the state cannot exist without ideology, which is an important basis for state formation. Any state has always had its ideological component, even despite the declared de-ideologization. The modern foundation of any ideology is its legal foundations, which establish both the principles of the life of the state and society, and, at the same time, are the main element of the formation of legal awareness. Unity is not only a geographical or territorial feature, but it is, first of all, the ability of the people to effectively protect and build the Ukrainian state by uniting the efforts of all its citizens living in Ukraine, as well as abroad. This is the spiritual unity of the state. Only such an understanding of religious, cultural, linguistic, economic and informational unity can contribute to the creation of a single national space and help all Ukrainians, regardless of their place of residence, to realize themselves as a single nation. It is argued that a successful state cannot exist without a national unifying ideology and relevant institutions, the purpose of which is to reproduce this ideology in the mind at both the societal and individual levels. In today society, the only ideology capable of ensuring the stability of the state and the proper level of material and spiritual life for an individual is a system of values based on the dominance of the principle of the rule of law, political pluralism and a free market economy. When forming a system of national interests, first of all, it is necessary to take into account national values – common spiritual and religious values, patriotism, intellectual and cultural code and ideals of the Ukrainian people, traditions, norms and rules of conduct, innovative principles of modernization of the national economy and state policy in accordance with the new tasks, economic systems, national interests and modern challenges, since they actually lay the valuable basis of the state national security system and the key content of the national idea.