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Keyword: «traditionalism»

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The specific development of South African society was largely predetermined by the level of socio-historical development of the southern African region to colonial invasion, and transformation features introduced by the South African continent by the British colonialists. The colonial past of South Africa continues to be stored in memory and the psychology of the new generations of the native population. And for a better understanding of the socio-political difficulties faced by the peoples of the region at the present stage of their development, it is necessary from the standpoint of a retrospective analysis to examine the process of colonization and the influence of methods of its implementation on the political, socio-economic and cultural situation in South Africa.
The article considers two parts of collective representations, one of which corresponds to traditionalism, the other to modernism. It is indicated that the ratio of these parts may be equivalent, in the period of global changes – asymmetric. The constantly updated situation of being generates a new variant of stereotypes – neotypes, which are closer to the construction of new formats of cultural samples. All this is reflected and reproduced in the educational environment, where the autostereotypes of the teachers themselves change, new interpretations of the «good» and «bad» student arise, the authority of the teaching profession decreases, etc.