Demographic Challenges for the Caucasian Race: What Can the Assimilation of Cultures on the European Continent Lead to?

Abstract

Nowadays, the problem of the disappearance of primitive culture, the primary foundations of people’s self-consciousness, which are lost in conditions that promote the imposition of values, through politicisation, crisis phenomena, economic consequences, during forced migration and the search for more comfortable living conditions, is acute. The process of social modification occurs due to unconventional changes in culture, which acts as the “face” of the identification of nation, changes in the collective consciousness, identity and moral cohesion. The purpose of the study is to define the concept of cultural assimilation, its types and consequences, and identify demographic factors that cause changes in the existence of culture on the European continent. For a comprehensive investigation of this problem, the following methods were used: analysis and synthesis, comparative method, hermeneutical method, and interpretive method. The study results theoretically revealed current demographic problems that make changes in the cultural environment, disclosed possible consequences of assimilation of cultures on the European continent, investigated the differences between assimilation of cultures and cultural diffusion, and determined the nature of culture shock. The features and strength of cultural integration and its relationship with national and cultural autonomy are theoretically analysed, and the historical and modern origins of the mechanism of cultural assimilation on the European continent are revealed. The study aims to identify demographic changes and factors that encourage the assimilation of cultures, reveal the consequences of implementation, and influence the identification of ethnic groups and their position in the world. Theoretically, the presented material serves as a practical information base, which encourages a deeper investigation of the cultural mechanism and the creation of certain measures, the purpose of which is to preserve cultural integrity, as the main source that strengthens the state power and ethnicity of the people