Us and Them: Strangers or Others

The book is devoted to the problems of self-identification in the modern world. The author examines different civilizational paradigms, including the opposition of Western and Eastern civilization, as well as the North-South dichotomy. The era of globalization has changed the system of civilization interaction and the basis of human self-identification in modern multicultural society. The book examines in detail the civic, political-legal, socio-cultural and ethnic components of the concept of identity. The author highlights the problem of increasing interethnic and interethnic conflicts in the modern era. The desire to establish a unipolar world model leads to the loss of traditional identity of peoples. However, the erosion of civilizational identity and the loss of national-cultural traditions leads to the loss of moral-ethical and value orientations. That is why the search for new ways of interaction between peoples with different civilizational identity and a change in the philosophy of perception from "alien" to "significant other" is becoming a priority within the framework of a unified world civilization. The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the issues of intercultural interaction.