The dissertation is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of political values and their transformation in the postmodern environment. The main trends and features of postmodern as a modern epoch and its influence on the change of socio-political values and world politics are examined. On the basis of modern understanding of postmodern, the attempt has been made to study the nature of political values, their transformation, distribution conditions. The relationship between universal and national systems of political values are characterized, and therefore Western and non-Western values in politics are comprehended. Special attention is paid to the state and prospects of development of democratic values of modern Ukraine in the context of its European integration strategy.
The problem political value transformation in the postmodern environment is considered as a set of changes within the social and political consciousness, which was influenced by the revision of economic, social, interpersonal relations, the social structure itself under the influence of globalization, the spread of pluralism, individualism with the simultaneous expansion of human rights and freedoms, expressed pacifism and humanity against the background of global security, environmental, economic and political crises. The author`s definition of postmodern political values is offered as the most objectified, suprapersonal, socio-political phenomena of neutral character, embodied in ideas, ideals, norms and needs prevailing in politics, having an ambivalent character and acquiring the appropriate constructive or destructive potential, which depends on moral norms of their bearers and means of their embodiment, on the basis of which the political life of society is carried out and acquires its significance. The peculiarities of the postmodern value basis of political reality are determined and the features of political values of the corresponding era are distinguished.
The thesis on the ambivalence of political values, which are determined by the prevailing moral and ethical norms of a certain community is comprehended. It is noted that values have both constructive and destructive potential, and the variability of their understanding by the subject of politics depends on his or her own interests, needs, moral attitudes, ideal and norms. It is argued that in the postmodern conditions political values are of a dual nature, which is manifested in the changes occurring in the relation to the most value hierarchies and within their constituents. The boundaries and conditions of the dualistic nature of the value system of modern Ukraine are revealed on the basis of its mental, worldview, historical, geopolitical characteristics. The correlation of basic and universal political values is analyzed, which are increasingly converging in the conditions of postmodern and globalization process. The features of Western and non-Western political values and their viable potential have been outlined on the basis of the analysis of relevant political systems. The state and problems of development of political values of modern Ukraine are investigated in the context of their postmodern transformation. The reasons and signs of existence of the dual value system in Ukrainian society are determined. The possibilities of overcoming the value split and prospects of consolidation of Ukrainian society in the context of hybrid war and geopolitical definition around common political values are analyzed. Peculiarities of functioning and realization of political values, taking into account their transformational potential can become a basis for further scientific and analytical research, as well as be implemented in the practical activities of statesmen, politicians, political experts and at the level of civil society.
