TY - JOUR T1 - Formation of the Kazakh Identity AU - Tauyekel, Ospanov AU - Zinakul, Bissembayeva AU - Gulzada, Mukhamediyeva AU - Kalamkas, Anassova AU - Begdauletova, Karlygash JO - The Social Sciences VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1545 EP - 1551 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2016.1545.1551 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.1545.1551 KW - Kazakhstan KW -national identity KW -self-consciousness KW -ethnic identity KW -nomadism AB - The study analyzes Kazakh national identity from a social and philosophical prospective. It reviews the main criteria and features of the formation of Kazakh identity as well as its current status. The development of individual identity and its components are reviewed and this identity is analyzed in the context of primordialism and constructionism. A range of theoretical and methodological approaches to identity research are reviewed and different approaches to national identity and its complexity are analyzed with a central focus on the analysis of causes and factors contributing to the formation of Kazakh national identity and ethnic self-consciousness. ER -