Towards an African Political Philosophy of Needs

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Towards an African Political Philosophy of Needs is written by Motsamai Molefe and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030644960 (ISBN 10) and 9783030644963 (ISBN 13).

This book focuses on the domains of moral philosophy, political philosophy, and political theory within African philosophy. At the heart of the volume is a call to imagine African political philosophy as embodying a needs-based political vision. While discourses in African political philosophy have fixated on the normative framework of human rights law to articulate demands for social and global justice, this book charts a new frontier in African political thought by turning from ‘rights’ to ‘needs.’ The authors aim to re-orient discourses in African philosophy beyond the impasse of rights-based confrontations to shift the conversation toward needs as a cornerstone of African political theory.