Keyword: «identity»

The author considers the problems of self-identification of the future teachers caused by the modern postindustrial society. The problem of students self-identification and the crisis of the person' identity are considered.

The author considers the value and semantic orientations of Russian youth in the direction of their thinking; provides a way to overcome the negative effects of the environment on the formation of negative attitudes to the traditional values of Russian society.

The author of the given article tries to investigate people’s reasons of leaving the regional city. The research is based on the content analysis of the internet discourse. The citizens make up the opposition «insiders-outsiders». The insiders are those who leave Komsomolsk-on-Amure, the outsiders are those who stay and live in the Far East.

The author attempts to analyze the socio-cultural foundation of the political process in modern Scotland, in light of scientific approaches to understanding ethnicity and national identity. The article substantiates the conclusion that the determining factor of political change in the relationship between Holyrood and Westminster was the revival of Scottish national identity, which supporters of the British nation chauvinism prefer to be called "nationalism." In contrast, the term the authors suggest using the term "ethnicity" (ethnicity Scots), which, in their view, more consistent with the historical and political realities of Scotland. The authors believe that it is ethnicity is one of the most important socio-cultural foundations of the political process in modern Scotland.

The authors discuss the problems of interpretation of folk costume in design and causes and consequences of interpretational mistakes.