Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7671 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1948 (Online)


crisis of identity

Ethnic Identity and Social Well-being of the Person in the Conditions of Transformation of Socio-cultural Environment

The article presents the results of the pilot study types of ethnic identity, and indicators of social well-being of residents of South-East of Ukraine (Lugansk). We investigated the relationship between the value-semantic sphere of the person and the type of ethnic identity, analyzed the respondents’ ideas about their situation. The results indicate that in the transformation of social and cultural environment there is a crisis of values a  nd the semantic sphere of the person, reduced the level of social well-being.

Temporal Modi of Social Identity

The article is devoted to the analysis of temporal characteristics
of social identity. It is emphasized that the recognition of time of
personal existence by an individual is the most important condition
of understanding of the identity and the means of its structuring.
The person’s choice of a certain temporal vector is determined by
sociocultural factors. It shows the system of values and the type of
behavior in society and after all the specificity of a certain cultural model.