Theory must be endlessly repeated as practice or it atrophies

Evidence

Without such interminable, inconclusive, and sustaining repetitions, theory forgets that it is also a practice, that it is at all times normed by that which it excludes; and begins to freeze, or to rot. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 793

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the earlier Frankfurt/Adorno link between theory and sustaining concrete repetition; ties to Spivak’s own practice-attentive method. — connects to: Theory use stays healthy only when ready to jettison it — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 2423; Theory must prove itself theoretically rather than gesture toward practice — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1202; Worldviews require permanent organized repetition or they decay (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Worldviews require permanent organized repetition or they decay #expands (0.82)
• Theory must prove itself theoretically rather than gesture toward practice #contradicts (0.80) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1202