Dr Neville Buch
Professional Historian and History Consultancy Services Brisbane
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Management Institute for Contributory Economy
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The Desiccation of the Common Well: Identity Politics, Algorithmic Assessment, and the Crisis of Adult Responsibility
“The Cost of Outsourcing Human Thought” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay explores the metaphoric “Common Well” – “the Commonwealth of Common Thinking” — as the essential intersubjective foundation for shared reason, civic dialogue, and intergenerational wisdom [Buch 2026a: 12; Habermas 1979: 3]. Drawing upon contemporary critical sociology and…
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Academic Rigour, Epistemic Renewal, and the Crisis of Inquiry: A Scholarly Review of the Vanderbilt Commission Report on the State of Scholarship
The “How Activism Replaced Truth in Academia” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This review essay evaluates the findings and structural critiques presented in contemporary assessments of higher education, taking the Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences (Boghossian et al., 2026; Vanderbilt Commission…
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Uncoiling the Psychology of the Western Traditional Belief System
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “From Cartesian Dualism to Lived Philosophy” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract Traditional Christian Belief is the heart of uncoiling the psychology of Western traditional belief system. This essay will make sense for many “western believers” but not for those whose ‘worlds’ has been outside basic Christian…
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Death in Life and Life in Death: Affective, Intellectual, and Ontological Dimensions of Human Mortality
The “Why Accepting Death Givers Life Meaning” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship at this page: Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] The “Why Accepting Death Givers Life Meaning” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship at: Abstract This essay explores the dialectical relationship between “Death in Life” and “Life in…
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Psychological Symbol Cards
Psychological Symbol Cards go for USD $20 at The School of Life website. The purchase page says: Discover your identity, goals and direction This card set contains a set of archetypal psychological images, each representing a symbol of the deeper mind. Evocatively drawn – from an owl to a compass, a waterfall to a mirror…
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The Washington Post Impact Report and American Studies
The “Exposing Hidden Surveillance and Government Secret” audio commentary: Abstract This essay examines The Washington Post Impact Report (Vol. I, September 2026) through the interdisciplinary lens of American Studies and political sociology[1]. By synthesizing investigative journalism with historiographical inquiry, the report serves both as an empirical archive of contemporary American governance and a primary text…