TY - BOOK ID - 65195910 TI - Capitalism and Freedom in African Political Philosophy AU - Kayange, Grivas Muchineripi AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2020 SN - 9783030443603 3030443604 3030443590 9783030443597 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Capitalism KW - Political science KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - Africa KW - Philosophy, Asian. KW - Political philosophy. KW - Ethnology—Africa. KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan—History. KW - Africa—Politics and government. KW - African literature. KW - Non-Western Philosophy. KW - Political Philosophy. KW - African Culture. KW - History of Sub-Saharan Africa. KW - African Politics. KW - African Literature. KW - Black literature (African) KW - Authors, African KW - Political philosophy KW - Asian philosophy KW - Oriental philosophy KW - Philosophy, Oriental KW - Ethnology KW - Africa. KW - Politics and government. KW - Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65195910 AB - This book investigates ‘capitalism and freedom’—the guiding forces of many political systems—in African philosophy. It builds on classical and neoliberal capitalism rooted in private property and freedom, and argues for the presence of these elements in the traditional and modern African political systems. The author argues that while these elements are partly imported from Western capitalists, they are equally traceable in African traditional political systems. Kayange argues that African politics is marred by a conflict between embracing capitalism and freedom (individualism), on the one hand, and socialism founded on African communitarianism and communist ideas, on the other. This conflict has affected policy development and implementation, and has significantly contributed towards the socio-economic and ethical crises that are recurrent in most of the African countries. ER -