Abstract

This article conceptually examines the idea of justice among the Turkic-Kazakh people, as well as its intertextual and hypertextual structures, which possess broader implications than the conventional notions of “justice” and “injustice”. The extensive scope of the uniqueness of the principle of justice in the history of the Kazakh people is demonstrated: existential justice within the context of universal being, in the realm of human existence, interethnic, socio-political life, and daily practices. When considered holistically, the primary focus within the framework of justice is placed on the phenomenon of “struggle against injustice”. In the conceptual frames of the category of “justice,” the notion of “struggle against injustice” is not viewed as peripheral but rather as its core pragmatic significance and as a specification of the determinant “justice – injustice – struggle against injustice”. The study explores ancient shamanic beliefs related to the struggle against injustice in the context of the natural laws of universal existence, world will, and “fate,” providing examples of the resilience of the principle of justice in mythology. In this context, the “limitlessness” of absolute freedom of thought and action within our people is emphasized. It is affirmed that human and interethnic relations, as a direction of justice-injustice, often manifest through a spirit of resistance and protests against the colonial policies of Tsarist Russia. Specific legal and juridical norms that uphold justice in public life are examined, along with an analysis of phenomena that can be termed “mystical-magical practices of justice-injustice”, providing explanations for certain phenomena and outlining their philosophical significance.

Keywords: justice, struggle against injustice, freedom, Kazakh people, public life, mythology, genesis, ontology, humanity.