Editing Praxis (process) (section)

==Hannah Arendt==

In ''[[The Human Condition (Arendt book)|The Human Condition]]'', [[Hannah Arendt]] argues that Western philosophy too often has focused on the contemplative life (''vita contemplativa'') and has neglected the active life (''vita activa''). This has frequently led humanity to miss much of the relevance of philosophical ideas to real life.<ref name="iep.utm.edu">Yar, Majid, [http://www.iep.utm.edu/arendt/ "Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)"], ''The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.''</ref><ref name="women-philosophers.com">Fry, Karin, [http://www.women-philosophers.com/Arendt.html "Arendt, Hannah"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130209102926/http://www.women-philosophers.com/Arendt.html |date=9 February 2013 }} in Women-philosophers.com.</ref> For Arendt, praxis is the highest and most important level of the active life.<ref name="women-philosophers.com"/> She argues that more philosophers need to engage in everyday political action or praxis, which she sees as the true realization of human freedom.<ref name="iep.utm.edu"/> According to Arendt, our capacity to analyze ideas, wrestle with them, and engage in active praxis is what makes us uniquely human.

In Maurizio Passerin d'Etreves's estimation,
 
<blockquote>Arendt's [[action theory (philosophy)|theory of action]] and her revival of the ancient notion of [[Praxis intervention|praxis]] represent one of the most original contributions to twentieth century political thought.... Moreover, by viewing action as a mode of human togetherness, Arendt is able to develop a conception of participatory democracy which stands in direct contrast to the bureaucratized and elitist forms of politics so characteristic of the modern epoch.<ref>d'Entreves, Maurizio Passerin (2006), [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arendt/#AreTheAct "Hannah Arendt"], ''[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]''.</ref></blockquote>