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Introduction. The study of the genesis of “civic education” category is due to the fact that in the philosophy of education there is not enough research on this phenomenon from socio-philosophical worldview positions. The purpose of the article is to analyze the categorical nature formation of “civic education” concept in historical dynamics and to generalize its current state. Methodology. The work is theoretical in nature, for which the historical and philosophical approach is used as the main research method. Methodology. The work is theoretical in nature, for which the historical and philosophical approach is used as the main research method. Discussion. A retrospective of the development of “civic education” category has shown that it has an interdisciplinary character. The origin of civic education is connected with the origin of states, their borders formation, systems of power and norms of social behavior formation, which was reflected in the works of Aristotle, Democritus, Plato, Cicero, etc. In the Middle Ages, religious education came to the fore, in which civic education was “dissolved” into religious dogmas, which is claimed as a public good and allows us to talk about the substitution of one value-oriented education for another. In Modern times, there is an intensification of economic development and the formation of new social relations, which causes an acute ideological crisis and leads to a deepening of civic education content. In recent times, the development of civic education has acquired a state-localized character in the form of an ideology of separate states. The civic education analysis of the modern era allows us to assert that the category of “civic education” has ontological characteristics - a priori, objectivity, universality, etc. Conclusion. The analysis of the historical and philosophical context of “civic education” category allowed us to identify the features of its formation in historical retrospect. The continuous current state of development of “civic education” category is characterized by dependence on socio-economic and political processes and is determined by individual existential changes.