Baranova N. Aesthetic foundations of national - cultural traditions.

In the dissertation the theoretical judgment of national - cultural tradition as aesthetic phenomenon is carried out. Having proved basic principles of modern research of a problem and, having carried out the all-round analysis of concepts culture, national, tradition, aesthetic, a ceremony, the dissertator reveals many-sided nature of display and constructive ability of aesthetic in comprehension of national - cultural tradition's existence. For the first time in the Ukrainian aesthetics experience of domestic and foreign scientific idea, including historical tradition and a modern condition of aesthetic reconstruction of such phenomenon as national - cultural tradition is systematized. The theoretical material was transformed to research of features of aesthetic interpretation of national - cultural tradition, in particular aesthetics of traditions of the Ukrainian culture and practice of functioning of a ritual component in aesthetic structure of national - cultural tradition.