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pragmatism
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prag·ma·tism (prgm-tzm)
n.
A way of approaching situations or solving problems that emphasizes practical applications and consequences.

prag·matic (-mtk) adj.
pragma·tist n.

pragmatism
[prag′mətiz′əm]
Etymology: Gk, pragma, deed
a philosophy concerned with actual practice and practical results as opposed to theory and speculation.


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Rather than collapsing of theory/practice into a practicalism (where the subaltern equals knowledge), Dunayevskaya raised the contradiction between intellectual and subaltern.
 
 
 
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