MODELS OF JUSTICE IN AMERICAN FOLKLORE
A. A. Osmushina
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University», Saransk, Russia
e-mail: 98761985@mail.ru
Abstract. The relevance of the study is that the models of justice in American folklore have never been considered. This work aims at revealing the peculiarities and content of the concept of justice in American folklore and since the American folklore has been made up of the folklore of various ethno-social groups that make up American society, this study aims at revealing the semantic differences in the models of justice of the different races, ethnicities, and cultures that comprise the USA. The research was carried out within the framework of philosophical comparativism, while the approach was analytical-deductive and comparative-historical. The methodological basis of the study was the principle of identifying differences in similarities. I used the method of critical selection of sources as well as the method of content analysis of tales, myths and legends of the largest American ethnic and racial groups, namely Native Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants. The results of the study demonstrate differences in the content of the models of justice of different American ethnic and social groups. The analysis allowed me to create a general formula for the American justice model and the functions of justice in society. This work provides a better understanding of the thinking and worldview of American social groups and American society as a whole. The scientific novelty of the study is the identification of the contents of models of justice in a multi-ethnic American society. The practical significance of the results is that they can and should be applied in the dialogue of cultures. In further research, it is necessary to continue studying the models of justice of different ethnic and social groups and to determine the optimal interethnic models of interaction based on justice.
Key words: American justice model, ethnic-social groups, demographic justice, economic justice, political justice, professional justice, cultural justice, religious justice, justice functions.
Cite as: Osmushina, A. A. (2021) [Models of justice in American folklore]. Intellekt. Innovatsii. Investitsii [Intellect. Innovations. Investments]. Vol. 5, pp. 104–113. DOI: 10.25198/2077-7175-2021-5-104.
