Ethnocultural identity

The author analyzes the concept of ethnocultural identity in the modern science. The main challenges of our time are globalization and the influence of global processes on the formation of ethnocultural identity. Correspondingly, the number of theories of ethnocultural identity is also growing, and includes theories of objectivism, instrumentalism, constructivism, ethno-symbolism, and ethnicity. The article studies the influence of globalization on the identity crisis. The author clarifies reasons for its occurrence, as well as possible ways and means of overcoming it. The most important method of studying the problem of ethnocultural identity is the comparative method. Different concepts of ethnocultural identity are becoming a subject for comparison, as well as its three systems: ethnocentric, polycentric and metacentric ones.