Monografiya posvyashchena aktual'noy dlya rossiyskogo obshchestva probleme formirovaniya patriotizma u sovremennoy molodezhi. V rabote analiziruyutsya osnovnye teoretiko-metodologicheskie podkhody k issledovaniyu termina "patriotizm". Na osnove obshirnogo empiricheskogo materiala vyyavlyaetsya spetsifika proyavleniya patrioticheskikh chuvstv studentami vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy Respubliki Adygeya. Opredelyaetsya mesto patriotizma kak sotsiokul'turnoy tsennosti sredi bazisnykh predpochteniy molodezhi. Rassmatrivaetsya problema osveshcheniya voprosov, svyazannykh s razvitiem ppatriotizma, v respublikanskikh pechatnykh izdaniyakh.