Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Learning, Philosophy and African Citizenship

   • Katariina Holma, Tiina Kontinen

   Pages 1-16Open Access

3. Citizenship Learning: Contextual, Material and Political

   • Tiina Kontinen, Katariina Holma

   Pages 17-38Open Access

4. Incompatible Ideals of the Citizen: Deliberative and Radical Pluralist Approaches in Philosophy of Education

   • Minna-Kerttu Kekki

   Pages 39-57Open Access

5. Mimetic Challenges of Learning to Be a Democratic Citizen

   • Hanna-Maija Huhtala

   Pages 59-76Open Access

6. Citizenship as Equaliberty Practice in the Philosophy of Étienne Balibar

   • Lenka Hanovská

   Pages 77-96Open Access

7. From Reactivity to Sustainable Citizenship: Perspectives from Braidotti’s Philosophy

   • Anna Itkonen, Katariina Holma

   Pages 97-113Open Access

8. Communities and Habits of Citizenship: Everyday Participation in Kondoa, Tanzania

   • Ajali M. Nguyahambi, Tiina Kontinen

   Pages 115-134Open Access

9. Learning in Communities of Practice: How to Become a Good Citizen in Self-Help Groups in Rural Tanzania

   • Benta N. Matunga

   Pages 135-154Open Access

10. Learning Economic Citizenship Among Rural Women: Village Saving Groups in Western Uganda

    • Karembe F. Ahimbisibwe, Alice N. Ndidde

    Pages 155-175Open Access

11. Learning Marriage Ideals and Gendered Citizenship in “God-Fearing” Uganda

    • Henni Alava, Janet Amito, Rom Lawrence

    Pages 177-196Open Access

12. Climbing the Ladder? Community Perspectives on Learning to Be a Good Citizen in Uganda

    • Twine H. Bananuka, Tiina Kontinen, Katariina Holma

    Pages 197-213Open Access

13. Back Matter

    Pages 215-221

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The book addresses the compelling questions concerning the ideals of African citizenship, the processes of learning to fulfill these ideals, and possibilities of education in fostering citizenship. Rather than advocating for one particular framework, the authors demonstrate the continuously contested nature of the concept of citizenship as both theoretically discussed by philosophers and practically experienced in daily lives. The monograph combines, in an unconventional way, selected philosophical accounts and everyday experiences from certain locations in Tanzania and Uganda. It provides contributions from philosophical ideas drawing on scholars such as Chantal Mouffe, Rosi Braidotti, Theodor Adorno and Étienne Balibar on one hand, and the conceptions articulated by groups of inhabitants of rural and urban settings in Africa, on the other hand. Therefore, the book offers fresh readings under the lenses of citizenship and learning.

This is an open access book.

• Citizenship
• Africa
• African Studies
• Development
• International development
• Open Access

"This volume offers a fascinating blend of theory and case studies, ranging from Étienne Balibar to realities in Tanzania and Uganda, thereby offering a wide range of thought-provoking reflections and local insights. The explorations into the nature and practice of citizenship and in particular the role of citizenship education for the reproduction of societies add great value through new perspectives to African and Development Studies." ( —Prof Dr. Henning Melber, University of Pretoria and University of the Free State, President of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).)

• University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  Katariina Holma

• University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

  Tiina Kontinen

Katariina Holma is Professor of Education and the Head of the Research Unit at the University of Oulu, Finland.