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The article analyzes Joseph S. Nye’s concept of «soft power». About the comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the concept as a system of scientific knowledge, there is every reason to assert that there is no expert evaluation at the level of the second reflection. Therefore, the problem of studying the main provisions of the concept of “soft power” at the theoretical level of scientific knowledge should be considered urgent. The study aims to determine the perfection of methodological support and ontological value of the main theoretical provisions of the concept of “soft power” as a system of scientific knowledge. The achievement of this goal involves solving the following tasks: to analyze the methodological support and the main theoretical provisions of the concept; to assess the level of perfection of the methodological support for the development of the concept; to assess the level of ontological completeness of the main theoretical provisions of the concept as a system of scientific knowledge. The following general scientific methodological tools were used in the study: historical analysis, comparative analysis, categorical analysis, comprehensive analysis, the principle of unity of historical and logical, hypothetical and deductive, cause and effect, generalization, and systematization. The results of the analysis of the main theoretical provisions of the concept of “soft power” made it possible to draw the following conclusions: the concept is characterized by methodological imperfection, ontological incompleteness, terminological uncertainty, and a compilation unsystematized architectonic structure of the content presentation, which causes ambiguity in the perception of its fundamental theoretical provisions; in their totality, the assessments made give grounds to attribute this system of scientific knowledge to such a form of theoretical knowledge as phenomenological theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
