Kovalenko I. Spiritual values of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in conditions of sociocultural transformation

The object of research is spiritual values of modern Ukrainian culture. The objective of the research is cultural-philosophical reflection of the essence of spiritual values of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a cultural phenomenon, the analysis of their sociocultural content. Methods - the elements of structural-functional analysis, sociocultural approach to the analysis of the cultural values. The novelty is: philosophical-culturological analysis of the system of spiritual values of Ukrainian Army during social transformation. The results: spiritual values of army as elements of military subculture have been expounded; their classification is carried out; the basic structural elements of system of ways of formation is determined; the mechanism of formation; the ways of optimization of functioning of army's spiritual values have been suggested. The practical application: elaboration of new academic cources for phylosophical series.