Philosophy of praxis elevates the masses rather than preserves their common sense.

Evidence

The position of the philosophy of praxis is the antithesis of the Catholic. The philosophy of praxis does not tend to leave the “simple” in their primitive philosophy of common sense, but rather to lead them to a higher conception of life. If it affirms the need for contact between intellectuals and simple it is not in order to restrict scientific activity and preserve unity at the low level of the masses, but precisely in order to construct an intellectual- moral bloc which can make politically possible the intellectual progress of the mass and not only of small intellectual groups. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1197

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• XREF: Direct building block for the hegemony/common-sense vocabulary the Islamophobia toolkit needs; connects to Gramsci’s intellectual-organic distinction carried into later readings.
• DEFINE: Distinguishes philosophy of praxis from Catholic intellectualism by its aim to elevate, not preserve, the simple.

Related

• A philosophy of praxis begins by criticizing common sense while building on it (similarity 0.87)
• Gramsci’s philosophy of praxis links theory inseparably to practice and action (similarity 0.87)
• Mass philosophy must start from common sense and take polemical form (similarity 0.86)
• Philosophy’s history must include mass worldviews and ruling groups, not just philosophers (similarity 0.85)
• Philosophy and common sense differ in degree, not kind (similarity 0.85)
• Philosophy becomes historically true by diffusing into the popular mentality. (similarity 0.84)
• Mass ideology must be distinguished from its great philosophical cornerstones (similarity 0.84)
• Philosophy instruction must progress from common sense through religion to systems (similarity 0.84)
• A philosophy becomes historical and living only through contact with the simple (similarity 0.84)
• Marxism’s educational mission to the masses absorbed its intellectual strength (similarity 0.82)
• Philosophy of praxis elevates the masses rather than disciplining intellectuals (similarity 0.82)
• Philosophy works by replacing one common sense with another aligned to the ruling group (similarity 0.82)
• A philosophy can exist implicitly inside practical aphorisms (similarity 0.82)
• Politics mediates between elite and popular philosophy without eliminating hierarchy. (similarity 0.81)
• Common sense merits only a limited empirical trust, not philosophical authority. (similarity 0.81)