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doxa (grk)

a Greek word meaning common belief or popular opinion (the root of words like orthodox and heterodox)

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doxa



To rub against the grain of the doxa on class, we could say that it is precisely to the extent that the class came to be laminated onto particular ethno-national and racial identities and cultures, and specifically on varieties of whiteness, that class discourse and politics were neutralised

Alberto Toscano: Solidarity and Political Work by Alberto Toscano
notable
5 years, 3 months ago


he argues that the form of domination which obtains in the economic sphere – exploitation – possesses primacy over other forms of oppression. Together with his desire to rehabilitate the Cartesian subject, this is a second thesis which sees the philosopher oppose the reigning doxa in ‘western academia’.

on Žižek

—p.187 Equality as Event (169) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
notable
6 years, 6 months ago


inasmuch as these constitute the doxa or the widespread opinions of the current moment, I am certainly not immune to their influence and attraction

sorta defined (you have to assume)

—p.124 Aesthetics of Singularity (101) by Fredric Jameson
confirm
6 years, 7 months ago