From national to global identity : globalization versus patriotic and civil attitudes of contemporary youth

Abstract

Complex issues of the identity of contemporary youth, their axiological preferences and their self-defi ning in relation to other people and their own country have been undertaken in this article. Th eoretical assumptions associated with globalization and shaping the youth’s patriotic and civil attitudes constitute the basis for research which aims at specifying: (1) the values appreciated by learners from fi nal classes of upper-secondary schools as signifi cant determiners of their feeling of identity, (2) the relation between global culture and forming the youth’s patriotic attitudes and their identifi cation with their homeland, (3) the relation between the consumer society and the youth’s readiness to undertake civil activity and to sacrifi ce personal interests for others.