Bespalova T.
Abstract. The article describes the features of the interpretation of patriotism as a spiritual state, and highlights three aspects which true patriotism, according to I.A. Ilin, includes: national and cultural, religious, state-legal.
Key words: the concept of patriotism, national identity, national patriotism, homeland, Ilyin
Bespalova Tatyana Viktorovna,
D. in Philosophy, Ph.D.,
Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don),
e-mail: tvbespalova@sfedu.ru.