Philosophical and cultural perspectives of identities of Eastern Ukraine (on the material of the Kharkiv Meetdoc-2018 film festival)

Abstract

It is proved that the cultural perspectives of Eastern Ukraine's identities are of particular importance in the context of the hybrid war and the fact that national identities are the strongest foundation for state-building and the creation of contemporary national art. It is argued that art serves as a means of identifying the identities of Eastern Ukraine, as well as the best means of social and cultural communication, a way of developing a national identity in a global world. The philosophical foundations of national identities and national trauma were studied by E. Said, M. Pavlyshyn, K. Karut, G. Grabovich, O. Hnatyuk, O. Tytar, K. Hübner. The philosophical and cultural perspectives of Eastern Ukraine's identities are analyzed on the example of films and materials of the Kharkiv MeetDoc-2018 film festival, which states that national identity determines contemporary art and the life of a nation, where the life of each person is integrated into the unity of national existence. National identity is a complex multicomponent phenomenon, but the fact of national identity remains decisive. National cinema, forming a nation and defending national values, the national dignity of the entire nation, remains a significant factor in modern information and socio-cultural policies. Cinematography can act as a translator of proper ethical behavior, as the mass culture requires the translation and retransmission of such samples of heroism and virtues. It is proved that spiritual victory is the best means of unity and identity. Analyzed as modern cinema provides high samples of sacrifice, heroism, national drama, tragedy and their overcoming in a grand act. Cinematographic art is studied as a means of imitation and promotion of identity in mass culture, a new means of sensitivity and sincerity, a culture of presence.