Oleschuk P. Symbolical forms of political regimes legitimation.

In this thesis was researched the essence and meaningful special features of symbolical forms of political regimes legitimation. There were distinguished basic approaches in studying the essence of symbol (semiotic, psychoanalytical, ontological, culturological). There were researched the types of symbolical forms of political communication (visual-descriptive symbol, metaphor, rite, myth). It's proved that at the basis of authority legitimation within socio-political discourse - there is a referring to a definite higher instance which appears in a quality of higher value and for a given type of political consciousness it's perceived in definite symbolical forms. It's showed that for legitimating of authoritarianism is natural a referring to a definite transcendental essence, ethnic group or to the force as a characteristic of authority. Totalitarianism builds legitimating discourse through referring to super idea which takes shape in a symbolical personality of a leader and compulsory authority rites.Legitimation discourse of democracy is built through an appeal to people as an initial instance which is expressed with symbolical forms of large-scale participation (political meetings, demonstrations, elections) and is implemented through involving of symbolical policy - staging of public activity in media space. There was offered the conception of influence of political legitimation symbolical forms on the behavior of process of political transformation. Specifically, as a factor of successful behavior of symbolical forms of political legitimation can be named: availability of symbolical personality - a charismatic leader ("National leader" "Conscience of nation"); connection with tradition and traditional symbols; united communication space; general identification with general national symbols; public national historical myth.