On the preconditions for the development of conflict in an interethnic environment

In modern society, the importance of overcoming conflict in an interethnic environment is updated. The study is aimed at researching the problem of ethnic conflict and its social grounds. The chosen methodology is based on the classical analytical method, content and discourse analysis, as well as a phenomenological approach. The starting point of the presented theoretical study is the position of the presence of a latent conflict between different ethnic groups as carriers of a specific system of behavioral and sociocultural patterns. Perceiving representatives of a different culture as different in relation to themselves, representatives of closed ethnic groups tend to cohesion within the group and at the same time reject the value of other cultures. However, we believe that the unconditional nature of this position should be tested in the course of its comparison with the practice of formal recognition of “us” and “them”.