PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY

Аннотация

The article deals with the aggravation of global, geopolitical, ethnic, national problems in the context of the integration processes of globalization. The globalization of the main spheres of society's life is gradually erasing traditional boundaries, integration processes lead to a merger of cultures, and this has given rise to the threat of loss of "identity" and the relevance of preserving national identity, traditions and values, their culture and language have led to the rise of nationalism, and the growth of national self-consciousness in everything the world. The growth of national identity has become today the most important issue as a means of protection against this very situation. National identity is the basis of the legitimacy of nation-states, it forms and strengthens the idea of citizens about the unity of historical destiny, and as long as there is a sense of the unity of the nation and cultural identity, there is a nation.