Author(s) / Editor(s):

 Olena Zlobina, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor, Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
email: ezlobina1951@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2593-788X

Year: 2025

Pages: 297–327

Publication language: Ukrainian

Publisher: Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Type of Publication: chapter in edited volume

Publication Place: Kyiv

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/book8.978-617-14-0292-8.10

Abstract: Based on 193 in-depth interviews with civilians, migrants, and military personnel, this section investigates narrative frames of the future at the individual level. The study finds complex configurations of expectations where individuals block negative personal futures while maintaining varied scenarios for the country. Post-war relations with Russia are framed through "enemies forever," "permanent war," or "distancing," driven by the impossibility of forgiveness and the destruction of the "brotherhood" myth. The analysis suggests that the "independence generation" is becoming the primary carrier of war-related trauma through intergenerational transmission.