Psychological and political aspects of ethnic self-consciousness of the peoples of the South of Siberia
The article deals with the prognostic aspect of the formation of ethnic selfconsciousness of the ethnic groups of the South of Siberia - Khakasses, Tuvans and Russians. Polyethnicity is one of the main characteristics of modern society. In a globally changing world, the nature of changes can affect various aspects of the mental. In the field of political psychology, one of the basic categories is the category of ethnos. Ethnic self-consciousness, along with religious, political, as a mass component of consciousness regulates behavior that contributes to the survival of the species as a whole, and constitutes an important step in the motivational structure of the individual. Ethnic self-consciousness and ways of studying it in the context of the formation of a tolerant society are discussed in this article on the example of the ethnic groups of the South of Siberia - Russians, Khakasses and Tuvans. The study involved men of mature age - Russians, Khakasses and Tuvans in the amount of 60 people. Of the three studied representatives of the ethnic groups of the South of Siberia - Russians, Khakasses and Tuvans, ethnocentrism is more characteristic of representatives of the Russian and Tuvan ethnic groups. At the same time, ethnocentrism is not at all characteristic of representatives of the Khakass ethnic group, which is most likely a consequence of the fact that its representatives are among the ethical majority in the republics of Tuva and Khakassia. Khakass men of mature age are distinguished by a noticeably higher level of ethnic tolerance, they calmly get along with other peoples and prefer to cooperate rather than compete. However, when studying the affective component of ethnic attitudes, the presence of contradictions and a tendency to form negative stereotypes about their ethnic group was revealed only among men - representatives of the Khakass ethnic group.