The War in Ukraine: Between the Past and the Future. Historical and Existential Aspect

Aneta Pawłowska; Yulia Ivashko; Serhii Belinskyi; Andrii Dmytrenko

doi:10.31861/mhpi2023.47.334-346

Authors

Aneta Pawłowska University of Lodz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2847-4403
Yulia Ivashko Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-9182
Serhii Belinskyi Armed Forces of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-2507
Andrii Dmytrenko National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-5218

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2023.47.334-346

Keywords:

Russian-Ukrainian war, project of the future, behavior strategy

Abstract

The subject of the study is the country’s common “project of the future” and its influence on foreign and domestic policy, as well as on the behavior strategy both for society and individual (on the example of the phenomenon of mass support for an aggressive war by the Russia’s population). The purpose of the study is to identify the connections between the country’s presence of a positive project for the future and its domestic and foreign policy. The objectives of the study are: to identify the challenges faced by modern society as a result of the active phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war; to conduct a comparative analysis of the post-Soviet development of Russia and Ukraine from the point of view of the presence of a “project of the future” for the country; to reveal the impact of the presence of a social “project of the future” on the formation of the strategy of individual and collective behavior. The research methodology. The general scientific methods were used: the method of historical analysis, the method of cultural analysis (used to identify the reasons for the formation of an aggressive-obedient majority in Russian society), and the method of comparative analysis (used to trace the transformation of value orientations of Russian society in the post-Soviet period and to compare with the similar evolution of Ukrainian society). The results of the study. A country’s “project of the future” may be absent in principle (focusing society on short-term tasks), and if present, it may be positive (achievement of something) or negative (protection from something). Using the example of Russia, the danger of forming an unrealistic project of the future, which contradicts the current trends in the development of society and excessive fascination with the past, is shown. The example of Ukraine shows how a common vision of the country’s future and ways of its development allows society to maintain unity, optimism and efficiency even in extreme circumstances.

Author Biographies

Aneta Pawłowska , University of Lodz

Dr hab, prof. of UL, Vice-Dean for Extramural and Postgraduate Studies and International Relations of the Faculty of Philosophy and History

Yulia Ivashko, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Doctor of Architecture, Professor, Professor of the Department of Fundamentals of Architecture and Architectural Design, Faculty of Architecture

Serhii Belinskyi, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Press officer of the Knights of the Winter Campaign 28th separate mechanized brigade

Andrii Dmytrenko, National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Architecture of Buildings and Design, Educational and Research Institute of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Land Management,

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