The National Character of Ukraine: Genesis, Essence, Testing, State Subjectivity

Abstract

The phenomenon of the national character of Ukraine is analyzed as a separate geopolitical reality, socio-cultural integrity and an independent state, which appears as the subject of actions and relations at various levels and dimensions - political, cultural, religious, social, economic, etc. The study is actualized by the phenomenon of Ukraine's insurmountable resistance to Russian military aggression, in the foundations of which are exactly the archetypal mental codes of Ukrainian life. National character is defined as an inherited and habitual set of traits and norms of behavior and value orientations of this integrity, which determine the form and content of reactions/responses to the influence of external factors. At the same time, the reconstruction of the national character involves taking into account empirical criteria and psychological patterns, properties and signs, followed by the identification of its essence. Also important are comparative and typological approaches, which make it possible to identify multiple objects, as well as a historical approach, which enables a retrospective vision of the origins and factors of the emergence of the Ukrainian character over time. Ukraine, as a subject, carries out certain activities aimed at mastering objective and spiritual reality, and is, at the same time, the bearer of certain features that makes such activities possible. Becoming a subject, Ukraine itself is (and should remain) an objective reality, that is, it has an ontological dimension, while possessing certain rational and spiritual and practical means allowing us to understand the world and transform it in the desired direction. Ukraine, as an integral carrier of the national character, must implement the following features into the system of its international communication, both official and non-governmental: persistence, consistency, stability, demandingness and, at the same time, benevolence, mutual understanding, obligation, responsibility and tolerance.