In theory

Sep 08, 2008 14:18

Is praxis just an fancy synonym for practice? Or is it a bit more complicated than that?

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plumsbitch September 8 2008, 17:22:29 UTC
Just to add to the useful stuff you've already got,

Praxis is a term that doesn't just, in contemporary work, describe 'doing stuff', but describes the doing of stuff in terms of a dialectical relationship to theory, the two feed each other and/or bleed into each other. Thus:

praxis and theory are related dialectically - praxis acts as a corrective of theory and theory modified by praxis transforms the given situation.
-- The Mystery of the Triune God, John Joseph O'Donnell: Sheed & Ward, 1988

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plumsbitch September 8 2008, 17:23:18 UTC
also, do you have a specific context in mind?

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friend_of_tofu September 8 2008, 18:46:27 UTC
Those fucking Greeks...

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Can. Not. Resist plumsbitch September 8 2008, 23:59:25 UTC

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Re: Can. Not. Resist friend_of_tofu September 10 2008, 19:11:10 UTC
No, it's "cheer up, Orientalist"

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