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Praxis

Core definition

The process by which a theory becomes part of lived experience and empowers individuals to become critically conscious beings.

Longer explanation

Marx once said, ‘philosophers have only interpreted the world … the point, however, is to change it’ (1845). And this is precisely the goal of praxis – to bridge the gap between knowledge ...

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