- The authors:
Lilia V. Moiseenko,
Tatiana V. Uskova,
Maria A. Vikulina,
Evgeniya V. Dumina - Pages: 446-453
- Section: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, DIGITAL EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
- URL: http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/2686-8199-2020-7-446-453/
- DOI: 10.22363/2686-8199-2020-7-446-453
The article under consideration touches upon the problem of national identity, ethnocultural specificity of North Ossetia and South Ossetia, the people’s awareness of specific national traits and popular self-identification. The role and significance of the people’s awareness of the ethnocultural characteristics depend on a certain historical period and are subject to economic, cultural and political changes. Nevertheless, some ethnic differentiating and consolidating factors manifest stability. The study is aimed at finding common grounds for the creation of the unified civilization platform that would help develop intercultural cooperation, promote tolerance and assist in integrating representatives of different ethnicities into a single social, political and economic community. Russia, the Republic of North Ossetia and South Ossetia are historically tied and have developed in constant political and economic cooperation. The study is based on the analysis of the empirical material and research carried out by specialists in the sphere of political science, sociology, psychology and other fields of knowledge in order to encompass different aspects of the phenomenon of “national identity”. In order to work out the basis for the UCP the authors have a look at three major spheres characterizing the ethnicities as well as figure out possible similarities and differences. The three spheres are: the emotional and motivational sphere, the intellectual and cognitive sphere and the communicative and behavioural sphere. The authors come to the conclusion that despite the ambiguity of cultural, geopolitical and other ties of the Ossetians (they are originally tied to Alans, Scythians and Sarmatians, on the one hand, and are historically bound with Georgia and Russia, on the other hand), as well as despite ethnocultural specificity of national values and mindsets, it is regarded possible to work out grounds for integrating Russians and Ossetians into a single social, political and economic community based on the United Civilization Platform. The results of the current research are planned to be used for further analysis as the authors suggest having a deeper insight into the problems of national psychology and national identity.
Keywords: unified civilization platform, North Ossetia, South Ossetia, national identity, ethnocultural specificity
Lilia V. Moiseenko1 , Tatiana V. Uskova2 , Maria A. Vikulina3 , Evgeniya V. Dumina4
Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) Moscow, Russia
1 e-meal: liliamoiseenko@gmail.com
2 e-mail: t-uskova@bk.ru
3 e-mail: vikulna_maria@mail.ru
4 e-mail; dumina@list.ru
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