Philosophy of praxis shifted from mechanistic fatalism toward activist unity of theory and practice.

Evidence

One can see from this that a change has taken place from a mechanistic and purely external conception to one which is activist and, as has been pointed out, closer to a correct understanding of the unity of theory and practice, although it has not yet attained the full synthetic meaning of the concept. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1205

Categorization

• DEFINE: Marks a key definitional distinction within Gramsci’s own tradition between mechanicism and an activist understanding of praxis.