ANALYSIS OF THE NOTION OF "PATRIOTISM": PEDAGOGICAL ASPECT
The article examines the concept of «patriotism»is used in regulatory legal acts, reference literature, philosophical, psychological and educational research. Examines the history of the development of this concept. It is noted that every historical stage had its effect on understanding of patriotism. Is studied in detail object, the subject of patriotism. The article presents the analysis of the content of the notion of «patriotism» from the point of view of historical formation and modern approaches to its interpretation. In contemporary studies of patriotism as a social phenomenon is analyzed in terms of the different manifestations of the subject-object relationship. In the modern sense of patriotism are the following aspects: patriotism as a feeling, as social duties as the willingness of (psychological) to serve the Motherland, as a moral principle.The conclusion is formulated that patriotism is a versatile system of ideology, beliefs and feelings associated with the Homeland, its people, devotion and service to them, willing-ness to protect them and to sacrifice themselves in the name of their prosperity, as manifested in activities for the benefit occurs on several levels.