Theory rooted in self-recovery dissolves the gap between thought and practice

Evidence

The liquidation of theory by dogmatization and thought taboos contributed to the bad practice; the recovery of theory’s independence lies in the interest of practice itself. The interrelation of both moments is not settled once for all but fluctuates historically … The remaining theoretical inadequacies in Hegel and Marx became part of historical practice and can thus be newly reflected upon in theory, instead of thought bowing irrationally to the primacy of practice. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2531 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In this study Habermas could only answer the question of how to achieve a recovery of the living, purposive relation to practice in the sciences themselves by using an Adornoesque motif: radicalizing specialization to the point of self-reflection. Every specialized science must reflect on its fundamental principles and at the same time on its relation to social reality. Such self-reflection must reveal the hidden practical roots of pure theory' and grasp the fact that a theory reconciled to practice must not let itself be satisfied with practicability’. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2328 (#expands, via linked claim)

Thus reflection or the attempt to recover the for-itself by a turning back on itself results in the appearance of the for-itself for the for-itself. The being which wants to find a foundation in being is itself the foundation only of its own nothingness. The ensemble consequently remains a nihilated in-itself. At the same time the turning back of being on itself can only cause the appearance of a distance between what turns back and that on which it turns. This turning back upon the self is a wrenching away from self in order to return to it. It is this turning back which effects the appearance of reflective nothingness. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Theory can function as a healing place for lived pain; Recovering theory’s independence serves practice’s own interest — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2531; Reflective self-recovery produces only distance and reflective nothingness — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 513 (+7 more)

Related

• Radicalized self-reflection can reveal the hidden practical roots of pure theory (similarity 0.90)
• Recovering theory’s independence serves practice’s own interest (similarity 0.89)
• Theory can function as a healing place for lived pain (similarity 0.84)
• Self-reflective thinking alone can give voice to repressed nature. (similarity 0.81)
• Reflective self-recovery produces only distance and reflective nothingness (similarity 0.80)
• Reflection cannot be modeled as knowledge of knowledge without regress (similarity 0.78)
• Micro-level practice sustains critique when rational detachment cannot (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Recovering theory’s independence serves practice’s own interest #corroborates (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2531
• Reflective self-recovery produces only distance and reflective nothingness #contradicts (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513
• Radicalized self-reflection can reveal the hidden practical roots of pure theory #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2328
• Self-belief arrives only through organized struggle combining action and reflection #expands (0.82) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 162
• Authenticity is the radical self-recovery that escapes the good-bad faith dichotomy #qualifies (0.75)
• Practice undermines theory from within as a destructive element #contradicts (0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1100
• Self-consciousness no longer functions as an adequate foundation for thought #corroborates (0.72)
• Articulating thoughts leads to self-discovery and meaning. #corroborates (0.70) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 831