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Meaning of justice in African philosophy

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Meaning of justice in African philosophyby Grivas Muchineripi Kayange.
Author:	Kayange, Grivas Muchineripi.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023.
Description:	xix, 138 p. :illustrations, digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Philosophy, African.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47598-6
ISBN:	9783031475986$q(electronic bk.)

Meaning of justice in African philosophy
Kayange, Grivas Muchineripi.

Meaning of justice in African philosophy[electronic resource] /by Grivas Muchineripi Kayange. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023. - xix, 138 p. :illustrations, digital ;24 cm. - Philosophy and politics - critical explorations,v. 282352-8389 ;. - Philosophy and politics - critical explorations ;v.2..

Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1. General Introduction -- Chapter 2. Semantic Theory of Justice in the Chichewa Language -- Chapter 3. Communitarian Theory of Justice -- Chapter 4. Vitalogical Theory of Justice -- Chapter 5. Divine Gift Theory of Justice -- Chapter 6. Ubuntu Human Nature-Based Theory of Justice -- Chapter 7. African Rights Theory of Justice -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Index.

The book examines the meaning of justice in African political philosophy, building on the use-theoretical approach. Currently, most of the philosophical works in this context advocate for a communal interpretation of the meaning of justice, such as the 'relational theory of justice' and 'Ubuntu justice as fairness.' The author argues that this foundation of justice in the community undermines the self, which is a major problem with these theories. As an attempt to go beyond communitarianism in African thought, the book recognizes other philosophical frameworks for elaborating the meaning of justice in ordinary people's experience, such as vitalism, theism, ubuntuism, and semantic framework. The author opts for a reconstructed ubuntu-based theory of the meaning of justice that reflects the traditional African experience and recuperates 'valuing self-existence' and 'valuing other-existence' as its foundations. The book further identifies the centrality of rights in defining justice in traditional African communities.

ISBN: 9783031475986$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-47598-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

270334
Philosophy, African.

LC Class. No.: B5315.J8

Dewey Class. No.: 199.6

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