The Genesis of Theory and Practice
Authors : Ali Demir
Pages : 219-230
Doi:10.36484/liberal.1194248
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Publication Date : 2023-03-20
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :One of the questions in social science is about the relationship between theory and practice. It goes back to the ancient Greek philosophers whose world was strictly separated into polis and oikos. The actors of polis were engaged in the formation of a democratic society requiring active action in the sense of vita activa. According to Arendt, with the decline of the polis and the emergence of the new forms of the society, vita activa was initially set in opposition to vita contemplativa and then later devalued in favour of vita contemplativa. However, with Galilei and Kant, there has been a counter-movement, which no longer understood theory as isolating oneself from the world but as shaping social realities. Theory and practice are joined today by the concept of research. The relationship between theory and practice will be examined initially within a historical perspective offering the genesis. Then the features of some institutions are discussed in terms of their communications with theory and practice and redefined accordingly.Keywords : Teori-Pratik İlişkisi, Toplum, Bilim, Galileo Galilei, Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt