Oleksandr Potebnia’s Scientific Ideas in the World of Globalization

Abstract

The article considers scientific views of O. Potebnia – the scientist of the ХІХ century – in the context of globalization processes in the ХХІ century. It presents O. Potebnia’s ideas of sociological nature that are important for modern times: about national language and its role in the life of society and every person, about national identity and denationalization. The article also shows that the significance of O. Potebnia’s ideas rises with the development of the world’s integration processes and is a manifestation of social and human problems of globalization.