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Author:   Paul Nnodim ,  Austin Okigbo
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
ISBN:  

9789462703933

ISBN 10:   9462703930
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 February 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION UBUNTU: MEANING, CONTEXT, AND THE CONCEPTION OF JUSTICE Austin Okigbo and Paul Nnodim CHAPTER 1 UBUNTU, LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM, AND JUSTICE David Lutz CHAPTER 2 JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS AND UBUNTU: CONCEPTUALIZING JUSTICE THROUGH HUMAN DIGNITY Paul Nnodim and Austin Okigbo CHAPTER 3 RELATIONAL NORMATIVE ECONOMICS: AN AFRICAN APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Thaddeus Metz CHAPTER 4 UBUNTU AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MOBILIZING CAPACITY Leyla Tavernaro-Haidarian CHAPTER 5 UBUNTU: THE ARTICULATION OF AFRICAN VALUES AS AN ETHICAL FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL JOURNALISM Emmanuel-Lugard Nduka CHAPTER 6 GBENOPO IN OGU MUSICAL CULTURE: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN BADAGRY Joseph Kunnuji CHAPTER 7 GGANGA HAD A NARROW ESCAPE: PUNISHMENT AND FORGIVENESS IN KIGANDA COURT SONG Damascus Kafumbe CHAPTER 8 INTERFACING UBUNTU AND PALAVER IN A JUSTICE SYSTEM Levi U.C. Nkwocha CHAPTER 9 WE ARE BECAUSE YOU ARE SILENCED: SEARCHING FOR MEMORY IN THE TEMPORALITIES OF MOROCCO’S TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE Brahim El Guabli CHAPTER 10 POST-CONFLICT JUSTICE IN SOUTH SUDAN’S LOCAL COMMUNITIES: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MORALITY OF “AFRICAN-COMMUNITARIANISM” TO PEACE Aboubacar Dakuyo CONCLUSION UBUNTU: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA AND THE WORLD Paul Nnodim and Austin Okigbo ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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‘Ubuntu’, as propounded in this book, significantly contributes to the decolonization of knowledge production (in practice) by centering an alternative epistemic register to the dominant Western philosophies in scholarship. The book brings back in the ‘human touch’ in the academic literature in ways that amplify Africans’ lived experiences and challenge the liberal individualistic worldviews that are prevalent in today’s capitalistic societies. Geoffrey Lugano, Kenyatta University This anthology brings together diverse perspectives and disciplinary approaches ranging from philosophy, restorative justice, comparative literature to media studies and musicology, to highlight the multi-faceted aspects of an African relational ethic: Ubuntu. The authors also present a dialogue with Western ethical paradigms and make a convincing case that Ubuntu gives us a welcome antidote to hegemonic liberal individualism in the realm of deliberative discourses concerning (social) justice. Mechthild Nagel, SUNY Cortland

This anthology brings together diverse perspectives and disciplinary approaches ranging from philosophy, restorative justice, comparative literature to media studies and musicology, to highlight the multi-faceted aspects of an African relational ethic: Ubuntu. The authors also present a dialogue with Western ethical paradigms and make a convincing case that Ubuntu gives us a welcome antidote to hegemonic liberal individualism in the realm of deliberative discourses concerning (social) justice. Mechthild Nagel, SUNY Cortland ‘Ubuntu’, as propounded in this book, significantly contributes to the decolonization of knowledge production (in practice) by centering an alternative epistemic register to the dominant Western philosophies in scholarship. The book brings back in the ‘human touch’ in the academic literature in ways that amplify Africans’ lived experiences and challenge the liberal individualistic worldviews that are prevalent in today’s capitalistic societies. Geoffrey Lugano, Kenyatta University

Author Information

Paul Nnodim is a professor of philosophy at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Austin Okigbo is an associate professor of ethnomusicology, African Studies, and global health at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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