ESSENCE, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF CIVIL CULTURE

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the article reveals the essential characteristics of the structure and functions of civic culture as a priority in the education of a harmoniously developed generation. The essence of civiccultureis clarified, thecontent and functions of thisphenomenon are characterized. The main components of civic culture are characterized as a citizen, citizenship, civic activity, civic consciousness, civic conviction, civic thinking, civic duty, civic duty, culture of interethnic communication, patriotism, national pride. From the point of view of the socio- economic and spiritual-educational progress of society, the functions of civic culture are characterized. Keywords: citizen, citizenship, civic consciousness, duty, obligation, conviction, thinking, culture, interethnic communication, patriotism, national pride, harmoniously developed generation,civil society. Relevance of the problem: Uzbekistan at the present stage of development of the foundations of civil society. In this regard, in his message to the Oliy Majlis, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev writes: - “In order to consistently continue and bring to a new, modern level the work we have begun to develop the field of science and education, educate our youth as individuals with deep knowledge, high culture and spirituality, and form a competitive economy, I propose to declare 2020 in our country the Year of the Development of Science , education and the digital economy” [1, 4]. In this regard, one of the priority tasks facing pedagogical science is the task of developing a civic culture among future specialists with higher education. The implementation of this task is very poorly carried out due to the insufficient formation of civic orientations among the younger generation. A weak level of development in the structure of upbringing and education, carried out in the civic education of youth, with insufficient awareness of teachers and educators due to the lack of methodological manuals and developments, as well as the lack of meaningful - updated technologies, ignorance oftheessential characteristics, structure and functions ofcivicculture. This provision directs us to define and characterize the essence, structure and functions of civic culture, as well as theirformation in theminds ofevery member oftheyounger generation. Civic culture: - writes the scientist teacher B.K. Xodjayev, - “This definition, as we have already seen, reveals the essential characteristic of civic culture contained in the philosophical and pedagogical components, such as social activity, his gift and talent, political consciousness, citizenship, legal culture and interethnic culture of the individual”. [3, 21]. These personality traits contained in civil culture contribute to the awareness of the socio-economic development 862 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS ISSN:3030-332X Impact factor: 8,293 Volume 11,issue2,May 2025 https://wordlyknowledge.uz/index.php/IJSR worldly knowledge Index: googlescholar, research gate, research bib, zenodo,open aire. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=ru&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=wosjournals.com&btnG https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Worldly-Knowledge https://journalseeker.researchbib.com/view/issn/3030-332X of the state, the degree of maturity of society contributes to the provision of general civil interests, to beanactive social activist andentrepreneur. Since civic culture is capable of forming in every person citizenship, civic duty, civic duty, civic responsibility, as an integrative personality trait expressing inner freedom, and respect for the Constitution and laws of the state, love for the motherland and native land, self-esteem and responsibility for actions, discipline, as well as the manifestation of patriotic feelings and humanism. The analysis of the state of problems of the development of civic culture among specialists with higher education in the theory and practice of domestic psychological and pedagogical education, carried out in the study, showed that civic culture was a significant problem of education and pedagogy throughout the entire period of independence of our state. The concept of civic culture included a historical and socio-cultural conditioned system of qualities that show the norms of behavior and determine the mind, consciousness, thinking of a young person, his readiness to serve the motherland. At different stages of the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the problem of the development of civic culture was solved from various social- scientific and cultural-methodological positions, however, the process of development of civic culture was closely connected with the spiritual and moral formation of the personality from pedagogical theory, which determined the spiritual moral qualities of a person, acting as value guidelines thecorresponding period. In the course of the analysis of pedagogical, psychological, methodological literature, it was possible to identify the equipmen