Gentile’s pure act philosophy exalts action divorced from self-reflection.

Evidence

A reference to Gentile and to his Teoria dello Spirito come atto puro (Theory of the Spirit as Pure Act. 1916) which exalts the “act” as such, unaccompanied by any objective consciousness or self-reflection. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2568

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Gentile’s ‘pure act’ concept, which Gramsci references as a foil elsewhere.
• XREF: Connects to the neo-idealist Italian philosophy Gramsci’s own philosophy of praxis reacts against.