КОНСОЛІДАЦІЯ УКРАЇНСТВА У ПОСТКОЛОНІАЛЬНУ ДОБУ: ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ Й ЕМПІРИЧНІ РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of consolidation of Ukrainianness in the modern world. In the introduction the urgency of research processes of consolidation of Ukrainian society and Ukrainianness in general. The сhanges in the socio-cultural and cognitive situations require from Ukrainian study as integrative science the development of new methods, concepts and methodologies to adequately investigating Ukraine and ukrainianness in a complex changing world. On the basis of the integrative approach, the trends of modern consolidation processes are analyzed. The article discusses the problems of the development of postcolonial theory, the emergence of which is due to the most important historical realities of the twentieth century – the collapse of the colonial system and the formation of postcolonial space. The article considers the analyses of categorical status of the notion «postcolonialism», specifies its essence and main features. The author analyze the established within the Ukrainian studies approaches to the issue of optimization of consolidation processes. The article considers the specifics of the social consolidation, which is the basis of stability of the political system, its abilities to maintenance of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state. An integrative understanding of consolidation processes is offered. Were revealed levels and types of social consolidation, character of consolidation processes, the main measurements of the consolidation of Ukrainianness in the post-colonial era. The article analyzes the essence of modern neo-colonial policies pursued by individual countries. In this context, theories of dependent development are considered. The specifics of the dependent development of postcolonial states are analyzed. The author analyzes a specific understanding of postcolonial reality in contemporary Ukraine. The article substantiates the importance and relevance of the study of the processes of decolonization of the Ukrainian society of the postcolonial era (1991 – 2018) as a factor in the further civilization of Ukrainianness development in the conditions of the Russian hybrid war against Ukraine. The attention is focused on the importance of adequate answers that Ukrainian society gives to the historical challenges of the modern era. Under the current challenges, the process of consolidation of Ukrainian society depends on the ability of politicians and citizens to find ways to solve the existing contradictions between them in various spheres of life.