The basic goal of the article is to analyze Tajik mentality as an object of social philosophy. The author elicits the specific peculiarities of Tajik mentality differentiating it from the way of other peoples` thinking. She adduces concrete examples of Tajik mentality evincing in traditional social life of the Tajik nation. She analyzes the features of Tajik mentality in the process of globalization and modernization; the following issues being discussed: whether national mentality promotes the process of modernization or‚ vice versa‚ hinders it; whether this phenomenon engenders good results from the point of view of national values or a quest of identification blocks the development of modern society.
Tajik mentality‚ collectivism‚ traditionalism‚ social opinion‚ family values‚ Westernization‚ modernization
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