The ethnic culture: specificity of development in modern world

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Keywords:

ethnicity, ethnic culture, ethnic identity, ethnocentrism

Abstract

Features of ethnic culture developed for historically rather long time. They are defined by living conditions of ethnic community. During the epochs of forming and functioning the main problem for ethnoses and ethnic relations was reproduction of tradition and safety. In the present, in a situation of dynamic interaction between the ethnic cultures, new forms of mutual relations between them were staticized, new qualities of ethnic groups appeared.

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Published

01.07.2009

Author Biography

  • Anna V. Kostina Moscow University for the Humanities
    Doctor of Pilosophy, Doctor of Culturology, head of Department of philosophy, political science and cultural studies; Dean of the faculty of culture and art

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