PHILOSOPHICAL METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCHING ETHNIC IDENTITY IN WAR CONDITIONS

Abstract

This paper examines the issue of ethnic community development in wartime through the prism of philosophical methodology. A number of social concepts are analyzed, allowing for a deeper understanding of the dynamics of ethnic identity, the transformation of social ties, and changes in the forms of collective interaction between ethnic communities in crisis situations. It has been established that these concepts not only explain individual social phenomena but also enable the interpretation of the underlying processes that occur with ethnic communities in situations of forced mobility, loss of familiar surroundings, and the need to adapt to new sociocultural conditions. It has been established that a philosophical systemic approach opens up new perspectives for understanding the complex dynamics of ethnic identity, the transformation of social relations, and the search for meaning in crisis situations of the present day and philosophical methods are relevant for such analysis because they allow us to go beyond empirical description and come closer to understanding the fundamental meanings that define the very essence of the existence of ethnic communities in conditions of radical social transformation caused by war. The necessity of philosophical reflection on these processes is stated, which will allow not only to record the facts of social change but also to interpret them in terms of the deep meanings, value structures, and life orientations of ethnic communities. The need for the comprehensive application of philosophical methods is justified in order to achieve the most complete systematic analytical insight into the deep foundations of the structure of ethnic identity as a dynamic system of meanings of communities that are formed in response to existential challenges.