Abstract

It reveals the original concept of nation B. Starosolskoho, which significantly differed from theories Ukrainian scientists early twentieth century. Unlike most of the theories that have been etnitsyskymy, it is a modernist. The author draws a lot of attention not only on the role of traditional factors: culture, language in nation-building, but also democracy. That is democracy, in his opinion, played a crucial role in the formation and establishment of the nation. For a long time the theory of nation by V. Starosolsky has not been properly researched and assessed by scientists. First, because of the ideological taboos and later on because the studies of other authors were more popular. It should be noted that his theory of nation is very different from similar theories of early twentieth century most of which were the variations of ethnological theories. Thus, an important task of Ukrainian political science is the understanding of conceptual prospective ideas which were put forward by V. Starososlsky and have the potential for use in the formulation and implementation of national policies of modern Ukraine. Despite some efforts of the Ukrainian researchers to explore and to understand the theoretical legacy of the scientist it still remains poorly explored. Thus, the main objective of our research is to study the theory of the nation by Volodymyr Starosolsky.