RUDN Journal of SociologyRUDN Journal of Sociology2313-22722408-8897Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba6258Research ArticleThe natural-historical and socio-cultural foundations of personal self-identificationKvasovaI ISociology Chair220163@mail.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia150320143445307092016Copyright © 2016, Sociology2016The article describes some sources of personal self-identification that belong to the sphere of the unconscious and preconceptual, of certain predispositions and potentials, collective memory and traditions. The author believes that these ‘primary structures’ of human experience can be studied with the help of natural-historical approach along with the socio-cultural one.identitypredispositionthe unconsciousepistemological basissemiosphereintegrity of the subjectидентичностьпредрасположенностьбессознательноеэпистемологический фундаментсемиосферацелостность субъекта