Grasping a theory’s main principles is insufficient for correct application.

Evidence

See Engels, Letter to Bloch, ai September 1890 (cit. above, note 74): “Unfortunately, however, it happens only too often that people think they have understood a theory and can apply it without more ado from the moment they have mastered its main principles, and those even not always correctly. And I cannot exempt many of the more recent “Marxists” from this reproach, for the most wonderful rubbish has been produced from this quarter too.” — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2808

Categorization

• XREF: Encapsulates the distinction between learning a toolkit’s vocabulary and deploying it — directly relevant to the reader using this book to build toward Islamophobia readings.

Related

• Gramsci’s philosophy of praxis links theory inseparably to practice and action (similarity 0.82)
• Gramsci’s Marxism is open and supplies concepts classical Marxism lacked (similarity 0.81)
• Philosophy of praxis elevates the masses rather than preserves their common sense. (similarity 0.79)
• Gramsci rejected any Marxism that separated knowledge from how it is acquired (similarity 0.79)
• The dialectic only functions when philosophy of praxis stands as an integral philosophy. (similarity 0.79)
• Gramsci borrowed non-Marxist concepts while redefining them within Marxist discourse (similarity 0.78)
• A theory’s influence penetrates rivals diffusely through implicit absorption, not direct adoption. (similarity 0.78)
• Gramsci’s concepts intentionally operate at concrete historical levels, not abstract generality. (similarity 0.78)