Re: What is praxis?

Mary Jo Powell (mpowell who-is-at sedl.org)
Tue, 4 May 1999 11:18:05 -0500

Ultimately, the concept comes from Marx. For him, I think, praxis is the
point where the ideal and the material meet and result in behavior.
Certainly lots of people do water the word down now and use it as a
twelve-dollar synonym for practice.

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>i understand the word to come out of Paolo Freire' theories on
>liberatory pedagogy (e.g., Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1977).
>Praxis is supposed to describe strategic educative relations amongst the
>learners and teacher.
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>Praxis is a word that has been overused and under-developed; it may well be
>the case the the author you are reading is equating practice with praxis.

mary jo powell
<mpowell who-is-at sedl.org>
Austin TX