The article analyzes the phenomenon of patriotism as a national idea in Russia from the perspective of motivational aspects of its actualization. The necessity to address the problem of patriotism is caused, on the one hand, by the ambiguity of its interpretations, and, on the other, by the presence of insufficient motivation among the younger generation in the formation of patriotic thinking. Integrated approach to understand the essence of patriotism is of particular importance in this regard, that is due to the structural features of the motivational process, represented by three basic levels: emotional, rational and the level of duty. The authors analyzed the concepts of "national idea", "patriotism" for the purpose of a more objective consideration of the phenomenon of patriotism; examined the essence of the interaction of the stages of motivation with the dynamics of awareness of patriotism by the subject; determined the motivational background in the actualization of patriotism as a national idea. The methodological and theoretical basis of this article is the substantive-activity approach in social-philosophical theory, according to which the process of awareness and actualization of necessity is determined by the motivational structure of activity, when not the goal itself becomes important, but the process leading to this goal through an expert assessment of desired in accordance with value preferences in activity. The methods of comparative and structural-functional analysis were used in the work along with this. A number of basic points of the article are referenced on the works of native and foreign scientists and philosophers: N. A. Berdyaev, M. Weber, A. Maslow, K. H. Momdjian, T. Parsons, V. S. Solovyov, A. S. Khomyakov, P. Ya. Chaadaev. In the article, the analysis of the phenomenon of patriotism as a national idea in Russia was carried out through the motivational aspects of its actualization, and the dynamics of its development was presented in accordance with three levels of motivation (emotional level, rational and the level of duty). It is concluded that there are three types of patriotism: emotional, rational and obligatory, each of them is a certain stage in the formation of personal maturity on the way of gaining the real meaning of patriotism.

The article analyzes the phenomenon of patriotism as a national idea in Russia from the perspective of motivational aspects of its actualization. The necessity to address the problem of patriotism is caused, on the one hand, by the ambiguity of its interpretations, and, on the other, by the presence of insufficient motivation among the younger generation in the formation of patriotic thinking. Integrated approach to understand the essence of patriotism is of particular importance in this regard, that is due to the structural features of the motivational process, represented by three basic levels: emotional, rational and the level of duty. The authors analyzed the concepts of "national idea", "patriotism" for the purpose of a more objective consideration of the phenomenon of patriotism; examined the essence of the interaction of the stages of motivation with the dynamics of awareness of patriotism by the subject; determined the motivational background in the actualization of patriotism as a national idea. The methodological and theoretical basis of this article is the substantive-activity approach in social-philosophical theory, according to which the process of awareness and actualization of necessity is determined by the motivational structure of activity, when not the goal itself becomes important, but the process leading to this goal through an expert assessment of desired in accordance with value preferences in activity. The methods of comparative and structural-functional analysis were used in the work along with this. A number of basic points of the article are referenced on the works of native and foreign scientists and philosophers: N. A. Berdyaev, M. Weber, A. Maslow, K. H. Momdjian, T. Parsons, V. S. Solovyov, A. S. Khomyakov, P. Ya. Chaadaev. In the article, the analysis of the phenomenon of patriotism as a national idea in Russia was carried out through the motivational aspects of its actualization, and the dynamics of its development was presented in accordance with three levels of motivation (emotional level, rational and the level of duty). It is concluded that there are three types of patriotism: emotional, rational and obligatory, each of them is a certain stage in the formation of personal maturity on the way of gaining the real meaning of patriotism.