The Synergy between Social Justice and Compassion in African [Igbo] Traditional Society: A Re-Consideration
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
The theme of Social Justice [SJ] in its varying natures and discourses has resumed the centre stage of all spheres of human interactions in the modern society. Perhaps, this renewed interest could be the outgrowth of manifest violation of human right and life in the 21st Century in the pretext of saving and maintaining equitable society and venting for social injustice. However, the common masses cannot be wheedled to be blind on open injustice that has become part of the structure of the globalized world. Hence it is noted that the current nature and practice of SJ is vindictive, selective and exclusive. Thus it has failed to address the question of poverty, class system, unemployment, migration and global labour movements in the current global village arrangement. It is against this backdrop that this paper undertook to study an alternative justice model that will be integrative, inclusive, human centered and based on shared human values of cooperation, compassion and shared living. This alternative model is found in African traditional SJ practice. The researchers took sociological and participant observation methods seriously in carrying out this paper, while not neglecting the Religio-philosophical interpretation that is akin to their field of study. The paper concludes that if African model of SJ shall be adopted with certain modifications, it shall provide clear answers to the modern question of social injustice. Keywords: Social Justice, Compassion, Igbo/African, Traditional, Society, Synergy
Authors and Affiliations
Okoro, Kingsley N, Okoli Charles C. N
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