praxis
(en)
(noun) ; action practice; as / (noun) exercise or practice of an art, science, or skill / (noun) customary practice or conduct / (noun) practical application of a theory
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Aristotle made a distinction between poíesis (the creation of works from nature) and praxis (self-determined action)
which also reflected the division of labour at the time ... slaves vs citizens
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Aristotle made a distinction between poíesis (the creation of works from nature) and praxis (self-determined action)
which also reflected the division of labour at the time ... slaves vs citizens
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sublation
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(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel
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This relation was however considered necessary for progress; its potential sublation was not seen as a historical potential enabled by the development of the productive forces
class relations within classical political economy
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This relation was however considered necessary for progress; its potential sublation was not seen as a historical potential enabled by the development of the productive forces
class relations within classical political economy
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Thanatos
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(Greek mythology) the personification of death
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Herbert Marcuse (1955) argues that the performance principle means that Thanatos governs humans and society and that alienation unleashes aggressive dreams within humans
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Herbert Marcuse (1955) argues that the performance principle means that Thanatos governs humans and society and that alienation unleashes aggressive dreams within humans
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reifying
(en)
make (something abstract) more concrete or real
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Reification means "that a relation between people takes on the character of a thing and thus acquires 'phantom objectivity', an autonomy that seems so strictly rational and all-embracing as to conceal every trace of its fundamental nature: the relation between people"
citing Lukacs (History and Class Consciousness)
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Reification means "that a relation between people takes on the character of a thing and thus acquires 'phantom objectivity', an autonomy that seems so strictly rational and all-embracing as to conceal every trace of its fundamental nature: the relation between people"
citing Lukacs (History and Class Consciousness)
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sublation
(en)
(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel
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Malthus, Mill, Petty, Ricardo, Say, Smith and Ure that Marx studied, sublated and was highly critical of in his works
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Malthus, Mill, Petty, Ricardo, Say, Smith and Ure that Marx studied, sublated and was highly critical of in his works
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panoptic
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(adjective) being or presenting a comprehensive or panoramic view
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Oscar Gandy has introduced the notion of a panoptic sort: "The panoptic sort is a difference machine that sorts individuals into categories and classes on the basis of routine measurements [...]"
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Oscar Gandy has introduced the notion of a panoptic sort: "The panoptic sort is a difference machine that sorts individuals into categories and classes on the basis of routine measurements [...]"
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moral depreciation
(en)
a Marxist term for a form of depreciation resulting from a new replacement providing greater use value (think technology)
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Its wear and tear is what Marx (1867c, 528) called "moral depreciation": it is caused by competition and the drive of companies to establish new versions of informational commodities [...] in order to accumulate ever more capital
on information
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Its wear and tear is what Marx (1867c, 528) called "moral depreciation": it is caused by competition and the drive of companies to establish new versions of informational commodities [...] in order to accumulate ever more capital
on information
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immanence
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philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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corporate social media have an immanent connection to finance capital
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corporate social media have an immanent connection to finance capital
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a economic theory relating to the origin of capital (Adam Smith saw it as a peaceful process with natural imbalances in wealth distribution; Karl Marx saw it as a violent enclosure of the commons etc etc)
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The transformation of non-wage labour into wage labour or of public services into capitalist realms of accumulation are specific forms of continuous primitive accumulation.
summarising David Harvey on Rosa Luxemburg
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The transformation of non-wage labour into wage labour or of public services into capitalist realms of accumulation are specific forms of continuous primitive accumulation.
summarising David Harvey on Rosa Luxemburg
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