Gotsuliak V. Theoretical and methodological understanding of the sociopolitical thought of Ukraine of early modernism

In the thesis, the socio-political thought of Ukraine of early modernism has been investigated, its essential characteristics and features were determined in the context of historical and socio-cultural development. The social and political thought of Ukraine in early modernism era is viewed as a complex spiritual formation, including the views, perception, ideas, concepts relating to understanding the problems of political power, social system, Ukrainian state formation, national identity, interaction of religion and politics, society and the church in Ukraine of early modernism. The necessity of the analysis of the social and political thought of Ukraine in the second half of the 16th - 18th centuries in the European-wide context is substantiated. It is proved that the formation of Ukraine of early modernism took place synchronously with similar processes in Western Europe, and the generally accepted criteria and characteristics of early modernity era were applied to the analysis of cultural and socio-political processes in Ukraine. It was proved that the concepts of Cossack statehood (Yu. Nemyrych, P. Orlyk, B. Khmelnytskyi) and the idea of Ukraine as an independent state became the basis for political consolidation of Ukrainian society, testified to the need to achieve political and national independence, the formation of Ukraine's political subjectivity on a European scale. The provisions of the thesis research have theoretical and practical significance, and the results obtained can serve as the theoretical and methodological foundations of specific historical and political research. The work creates the prerequisites for a deep and comprehensive understanding of the problems of the development of Ukraine, its institutions, political power, the interaction of personality and authorities.