PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO STUDY IDENTITY PROBLEMS
In the conditions of transformation of modern society, acrisis of identity is clearly observed. Modern culture, unlike traditional, whichis based on traditions and social attitudes, deprives a person of support inlife. Uncontrolled information flows contribute to the destruction of traditional values, the formation of spiritual emptiness, apathy and alienation,resulting in a «mass neurosis». Therefore, the formation of the right identitycan contribute to the preservation of modern civilization. In our analysis,approaches to the determination of identity in philosophical, social and psychological senses are of interest. The ontological, epistemological, axiological and professional identities are identified as fundamental, since it is thesecomponents that have a significant impact on identification processes.