TRADITIONALISM AND POLITICAL NATIONALISM IN IDEOLOGY OF THE MODERN GEORGIAN MONARCHISM
The article is aimed at the analysis of the correlation of political and traditional in the ideology of the modern Georgian monarchism. Special attention is drawn to the role of the Orthodox Church in the development of modern monarchical ideology in Georgia. Monarchists are inclined to idealize the Church institution. The Church in the political imagination of monarchists and traditionalists figures as “Mother Church”. In the article monarchism is analyzed as a form of political nationalism. The attitude of monarchists towards the incidents of the Ukrainian crisis is shown. The author analyzes the attitude of monarchists to regional problems in modern Georgia. In general the ideology of modern monarchism in Georgia is based on the triad “Homeland - language - faith”.