PROFESSIONAL PATRIOTISM IN THE STRUCTURE OF ITS GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Abstract

The article considers such concepts as “patriotism”, “environmental patriotism”, “professional patriotism”, “ethnic patriotism”, etc. The authors classified patriotism on several grounds – content, scope and object. Various positions regarding the essence of patriotism are analyzed, on the basis of which patriotism was singled out as a phenomenon, as an activity and as a combination of personal qualities. The authors foresee the distinction between national and state patriotism, reveal the problem and content of “extreme patriotism”. Particular attention is paid to the consideration of the phenomenon of “professional patriotism”, as a kind of patriotism, which differs from other types in the way of formation. The described classification is presented in a complex way in the form of a figure, which reflects the content components and the object of patriotism.