Abstract
In the last decade of the 20th century, the question of national and ethnic identity as it relates to the Czech society became relevant. It was the time of migration movements of European, as well as non-European population,caused by social and economic pressures, which started to have an influence on the Czech Republic s ethnic composition.
Czech scientific community has also included the problem of identity as it relates to nation and ethnics into its area of interest. From the historical point of view, this interest has focused on the development of collective mentalities and concepts of self-awareness and awareness of the World.
From the social psychological point of view,this interest has focused on individual socialization process, learning process and acceptance of social roles, from the ethnological point of view on cognition and analysis of culture symbolism as means of self identification of individuals and groups, and in this context also on quality and functionality of mutual ethnic relati