Praxis And Action

Author : Richard J. Bernstein
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812205497

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Praxis and Action by Richard J. Bernstein Pdf

From the Introduction: This inquiry is concerned with the themes of praxis and action in four philosophic movements: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, and analytic philosophy. It is rare that these four movements are considered in a single inquiry, for there are profound differences of emphasis, focus, terminology, and approach represented by these styles of thought. Many philosophers believe that similarities among these movements are superficial and that a close examination of them will reveal only hopelessly unbridgeable cleavages. While respecting the genuine fundamental differences of these movements, this inquiry is undertaken in the spirit of showing that there are important common themes and motifs in what first appears to be a chaotic babble of voices. I intend to show that the concern with man as an agent has been a primary focal point of each of these movements and further that each contributes something permanent and important to our understanding of the nature and context of human activity.

Author : Bernard E. Harcourt
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231551458

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Critique and Praxis by Bernard E. Harcourt Pdf

Critical philosophy has always challenged the division between theory and practice. At its best, it aims to turn contemplation into emancipation, seeking to transform society in pursuit of equality, autonomy, and human flourishing. Yet today’s critical theory often seems to engage only in critique. These times of crisis demand more. Bernard E. Harcourt challenges us to move beyond decades of philosophical detours and to harness critical thought to the need for action. In a time of increasing awareness of economic and social inequality, Harcourt calls on us to make society more equal and just. Only critical theory can guide us toward a more self-reflexive pursuit of justice. Charting a vision for political action and social transformation, Harcourt argues that instead of posing the question, “What is to be done?” we must now turn it back onto ourselves and ask, and answer, “What more am I to do?” Critique and Praxis advocates for a new path forward that constantly challenges each and every one of us to ask what more we can do to realize a society based on equality and justice. Joining his decades of activism, social-justice litigation, and political engagement with his years of critical theory and philosophical work, Harcourt has written a magnum opus.

Author : Robert M. Wulff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429718052

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Anthropological Praxis by Robert M. Wulff Pdf

This book is a collection of original case studies describing anthropological knowledge successfully translated into action. It describes the targeted problem or issue, his or her role as an anthropologist, the specific anthropological skills or knowledge used, and the results of the work.

Author : Richard J. Bernstein
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812205503

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Beyond Objectivism and Relativism by Richard J. Bernstein Pdf

Drawing freely and expertly from Continental and analytic traditions, Richard Bernstein examines a number of debates and controversies exemplified in the works of Gadamer, Habermas, Rorty, and Arendt. He argues that a "new conversation" is emerging about human rationality—a new understanding that emphasizes its practical character and has important ramifications both for thought and action.

Author : Susan B. Marine,Chelsea Gilbert
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000976274

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Critical Praxis in Student Affairs by Susan B. Marine,Chelsea Gilbert Pdf

Student affairs work—like higher education—is fundamentally about change. Principally, the change work performed by student affairs practitioners is about supporting the growth and development of individual students and student groups. Increasingly, that work has called for practitioners to become more active in working to change higher education so that it lives up to its radically democratic, inclusive ideals. This means adopting new strategies to transform student affairs staff, students, and institutions, and drawing on insights from critical, liberatory theories. This text represents an effort to describe and document these practices of intentionally centering critical theories.The first section of this text examines the ways that critically-minded practitioners lead through equitable, liberatory frameworks, offering important models for reimagining the future of higher education. In the second section, the editors take up thinking and acting to support the development of critical consciousness in students, providing examples of programs, initiatives, and student support offices that center social justice in their work, and foster a critical lens through their interactions with students. In their conclusion, the editors provide a model for critical praxis, offering enduring strategies for practitioners seeking to incorporate critical, socially just praxis into their everyday work, and defining areas for future research and praxis, including identifying strategies for effective assessment of critical praxis, and modalities for “scaling up” the work for maximal impact.

Author : Graham Crookes,Graham V. Crookes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415883481

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Critical ELT in Action by Graham Crookes,Graham V. Crookes Pdf

This text introduces and overviews in a practical and comprehensible way the various domains associated with the term in the field of TESOL/ELT. It is designed to help teachers get started on critically grounded work in their own teaching.

Author : Sally E. Thorne,Virginia E. Hayes
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medical
ISBN : 076190011X

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Nursing Praxis by Sally E. Thorne,Virginia E. Hayes Pdf

With the evolution of nursing knowledge and theory, relationships between ideas and actions often become blurred and difficult to articulate. In this ground-breaking volume, the contributors present some of the ways in which nursing scholars are confronting this problem by reflecting upon the nature of nursing knowledge and the application of theory in practice. The book is divided into three sections that address: the nature of knowledge in clinical practice; the application of theoretical knowledge; and the creation of new forms and avenues of inquiry.

Author : Darren Chase,Dana Haugh
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838918982

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Open Praxis, Open Access by Darren Chase,Dana Haugh Pdf

This landmark collection will help readers understand the open access movement, open data, open educational resources, open knowledge, and the opportunities for an open and transformed world they promise.

Author : Richard J. Bernstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Practice (Philosophy)
ISBN : OCLC:669679363

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Praxis and Action by Richard J. Bernstein Pdf

Author : Joe Parker,Ranu Samantrai,Mary Romero
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438431376

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Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice by Joe Parker,Ranu Samantrai,Mary Romero Pdf

In the 1960s and 1970s, activists who focused on the academy as a key site for fostering social change began by querying the assumptions of the traditional disciplines and transforming their curricula, putting into place women's and ethnic studies programs that changed both the subject and methods of scholarship. The pattern of scholars and activists joining forces to open fields of research and teaching continued in subsequent decades, and recent additions, including critical race studies, queer studies, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies, take as their epistemological foundation the inherently political nature of all knowledge production. Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice seizes this opportune moment in the history of interdisciplinary fields to review their effects on our intellectual and political landscape, to evaluate their ability to deliver promised social benefits, and to consider their futures. The essays collected in this volume detail histories of the interdisciplinary fields that emerged from social movements, examine how effectively they have achieved their goals of intellectual and social change, and consider the challenges they now face inside and outside the academy.

Author : Eva von Redecker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231552547

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Praxis and Revolution by Eva von Redecker Pdf

The concept of revolution marks the ultimate horizon of modern politics. It is instantiated by sites of both hope and horror. Within progressive thought, “revolution” often perpetuates entrenched philosophical problems: a teleological philosophy of history, economic reductionism, and normative paternalism. At a time of resurgent uprisings, how can revolution be reconceptualized to grasp the dynamics of social transformation and disentangle revolutionary practice from authoritarian usurpation? Eva von Redecker reconsiders critical theory’s understanding of radical change in order to offer a bold new account of how revolution occurs. She argues that revolutions are not singular events but extended processes: beginning from the interstices of society, they succeed by gradually rearticulating social structures toward a new paradigm. Developing a theoretical account of social transformation, Praxis and Revolution incorporates a wide range of insights, from the Frankfurt School to queer theory and intersectionality. Its revised materialism furnishes prefigurative politics with their social conditions and performative critique with its collective force. Von Redecker revisits the French Revolution to show how change arises from struggle in everyday social practice. She illustrates the argument through rich literary examples—a ménage à trois inside a prison, a radical knitting circle, a queer affinity group, and petitioners pleading with the executioner—that forge a feminist, open-ended model of revolution. Praxis and Revolution urges readers not only to understand revolutions differently but also to situate them elsewhere: in collective contexts that aim to storm manifold Bastilles—but from within.

Author : Crystal Leigh Endsley
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438459851

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The Fifth Element by Crystal Leigh Endsley Pdf

Explores spoken word poetry as a tool for social justice, critical feminist pedagogy, and new ways of teaching. The writing and performance of spoken word poetry can create moments of productive critical engagement. In The Fifth Element, Crystal Leigh Endsley charts her experience of working with a dynamic and diverse group of college students, who are also emerging artists, to explore the connection between spoken word and social responsibility. She considers how themes of activism, identity, and love intersect with the lived experiences of these students and how they use spoken word to negotiate resistance and to navigate through life. Endsley also examines the local and transnational communities where performances took place to shed light on concepts of social responsibility and knowledge production.

Author : Christopher Rowland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139828055

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The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology by Christopher Rowland Pdf

Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of politics and religion but not always adequately understood. The second edition of this Companion brings the story of the movement's continuing importance and impact up to date. Additional essays, which complement those in the original edition, expand upon the issues by dealing with gender and sexuality and the important matter of epistemology. In the light of a more conservative ethos in Roman Catholicism, and in theology generally, liberation theology is often said to have been an intellectual movement tied to a particular period of ecumenical and political theology. These essays indicate its continuing importance in different contexts and enable readers to locate its distinctive intellectual ethos within the evolving contextual and cultural concerns of theology and religious studies. This book will be of interest to students of theology as well as to sociologists, political theorists and historians.

Author : Sobia Shaheen Shaikh,Brenda A. LeFrançois,Teresa Macías
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773635293

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Critical Social Work Praxis by Sobia Shaheen Shaikh,Brenda A. LeFrançois,Teresa Macías Pdf

What we think must inform what we do, argue the editors and authors of this cutting-edge social work textbook. In this innovative, expansive and wide-ranging collection, leading social work thinkers engage with social work traditions to bridge social work theory and practice and arrive at social work praxis: a uniting of critical thought and ethical action. Critical Social Work Praxis is organized into sixteen sections, each reflecting a critical social work tradition or approach. Each section has a theory chapter, which succinctly outlines the tradition’s main concepts or tenets, a praxis chapter, which shows how the theory informs social work practice, and a commentary chapter, which provides a critical analysis of the tensions and difficulties of the approach. The text helps students understand how to extend theory into praxis and gives instructors critical new tools and discussion ideas. This book is the result of decades of experience teaching social work theory and praxis and is a comprehensive teaching and learning tool for the critical social work classroom.

Author : Andrew Feenberg
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781781685280

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The Philosophy of Praxis by Andrew Feenberg Pdf

The early Marx called for the "realization of philosophy" through revolution. Revolution thus becomes a critical philosophical concept for Marxism, a view elaborated in the later praxis philosophies of Lukcs, and the Frankfurt School. These philosophers argue that fundamental philosophical problems are, in reality, social problems abstractly conceived. This argument has two implications: on the one hand, philosophical problems are significant insofar as they reflect real social contradictions; on the other hand, philosophy cannot resolve the problems it identifies because only social revolution can eliminate their causes. Realizing Philosophy traces the evolution of this argument in the writings of Marx, Lukcs, Adorno and Marcuse. This reinterpretation of the philosophy of praxis shows its continuing relevance to contemporary discussions in Marxist political theory, continental philosophy and science and technology studies.