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| Article name | The Functions of Ethnosocial Identity in Ensuring the National Security of the State: A Socio-Philosophical Analysis |
| Authors | Kalinin D.N. Postgraduate student, kalinindn@zabgu.ru |
| Bibliographic description | Kalinin DN. The functions of ethnosocial identity in ensuring the national security of the state: a socio-philosophical analysis.Humanitarian Vector. 2026;21(1):159-167. (In Russian). https://www.doi.org/10.21209/1996-7853-2026-21-1-159-167 |
| Section | Mental and Sociocultural Space |
| UDK | УДК 316.4 |
| DOI | https://www.doi.org/10.21209/1996-7853-2026-21-1-159-167 |
| Article type | Original article |
| Annotation | The study is devoted to identifying and systematizing the functions of ethnosocial identity that directly influence the preservation and strengthening of national security. In the context of globalization, digitalization, and growing ethnocultural diversity, identity stops being a static phenomenon, transforming into a dynamic, hybrid construct that directly affects societal resilience and the legitimacy of power. The relevance of the research is determined by the need to rethink traditional approaches to national security in the face of the socio-cultural challenges of the 21st century: globalization, digitalization, increasing ethnocultural diversity, and crises of civic integration. The scientific novelty is in the comprehensive socio-philosophical substantiation and structural systematization of the key functions of ethnosocial identity as an integral mechanism for ensuring national security. The aim of the work is to identify and classify the key functions of ethnosocial identity that ensure the stability of a multi-ethnic society and counteract national security crises. The research is based on a synthesis of socio-philosophical, political science, and sociological knowledge. Dialectical, structural, hermeneutical, and comparative methods were used, along with the principle of polyparadigmaticity, combining constructivist and primordialist approaches. Theoretical sources, empirical data, and strategic documents, including the State National Policy Strategy of the Russian Federation, were analyzed. A set of key functions of ethnosocial identity was identified and systematized: integrative-differentiating, orientational, protective, adaptive-regulatory, legitimizing, and mobilizing. We prove that their balanced functioning ensures internal cohesion, semantic certainty, adaptive capacity, and political stability. We show that an identity crisis, by disrupting ontological security, destabilizes national security, while the harmonization of dual (bi-ethnic) identities promotes integration in a multicultural environment. The results can be used in public administration for developing strategies to strengthen civic identity, in education for fostering a harmonious identity among youth, and in public dialogue on interethnic relations and cultural sovereignty. The practical significance of the research is determined by the possibility of applying its results to develop state national policy strategies, improve educational practices, and harmonize social relations. |
| Key words | ethnosocial identity, national security, multicultural society, civic identity, multicultural society, identity crisis, hybrid identity |
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