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Australian Populism: The Underside of Equalitarianism (The Black Hole of Australian Populism)
https://www.academia.edu/164471987/Australian_Populism_The_Underside_of_Equalitarianism_The_Black_Hole_of_Australian_Populism_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The resurgence of Australian populism, exemplified by the cultural orbit of figures like Pauline Hanson and the One Nation party, is frequently satirized as a “black hole” that deforms the political landscape. Drawing on the background provided by Oslo Davis’s 2026 Saturday…
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What is Happening in Our Intellectual Environment
Dr Neville Buch re-producing this extract (an article at the end in PDF format): Georgios Tsagdis and Bart Buseyne (2024). Introduction. The Invitation of Memory in Bernard Stiegler: Memories of the Future, 1-2, accessed at https://www.academia.edu/128247562/Introduction_The_Invitation_of_Memory_2024_?sm=a&rhid=37704816009 In the thick of yet another of the century’s crises, bio-technological as much as bio-political, the…
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Martin Stuart-Fox: Evolutionary Historiography and the Philosophy of Martin Stuart-Fox (HAPI Past Series)
https://www.academia.edu/164298398/Martin_Stuart_Fox_Evolutionary_Historiography_and_the_Philosophy_of_Martin_Stuart_Fox_HAPI_Past_Series_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Martin Stuart-Fox, a prominent figure at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (HAPI), contributes a sophisticated, theoretically driven perspective to modern historiography by seeking to bridge the gap between historical narrative and evolutionary science. His work is characterized by…
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Detailed Intellectual History of Brisbane, Queensland; or “Brisbane’s Intellectual Ascent: A History of Humanistic Cognition”
BRISBANE’S INTELLECTUAL ASCENT: A HISTORY OF HUMANISTIC COGNITION https://www.academia.edu/162374166/Detailed_Intellectual_History_of_Brisbane_Queensland_or_Brisbanes_Intellectual_Ascent_A_History_of_Humanistic_Cognition_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The intellectual history of Brisbane is a narrative of transition from a colonial outpost characterized by “historical forgetfulness” to a burgeoning centre for inclusive humanism and digital humanism. For too long,…
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Monty Python and Local Free Thought
https://www.academia.edu/161289092/Monty_Python_and_Local_Free_Thought Attached: Monty Python and Local Free Thought Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract This essay explores the intersection between the absurdist humour of Monty Python and the traditions of local free thought in Brisbane and Queensland. Drawing on Gary Hardcastle’s analysis, it argues that Monty Python serves…
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A Land of a Million Dreams
https://www.academia.edu/161287455/A_Land_of_a_Million_Dreams Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Nick Cater’s critique of Australian migration represents a profound “category error” that substitutes a narrow “techné mindset” for a comprehensive understanding of human flourishing. By framing the presence of migrants as a threat to the “social fabric,” Cater relies on “passive nihilism” and…
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Tackling Propaganda: How legitimate advocates for change can challenge opposing institutions known to use propaganda
Abstract Legitimate advocates for social change often face institutions that maintain the status quo through “institutional bullshit” and sophisticated propaganda designed to enforce orthopraxy (uniform action) rather than genuine belief. Drawing on the analysis of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero, change is not merely a political event but a universal mode of disclosure that redefines a…
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Propaganda, Numbers, and Marketing in the early 21st century
Propaganda, Numbers, and Marketing are related concepts tied together by lying. Have a look at the post by “History at UQ”: Scholars at “History at UQ” are being sidelined in this propaganda campaign. There was a time that historians at “history at uq” would never undignified themselves with a…
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That Most Persons Do Not Realise How Fooled They are by a Failed Education Systems
I have never like these tests, though, as tests of observations it is a better designed test than most. The reason is that tests which require meta-theoretical observations are better that tests that are simple calculations. Here we see several A.I. mistakes on that basis. So I asked the A.I.: How…
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The Messaging of the Past Thinkers: In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work
This essay synthesizes the “messages” of the seminal thinkers identified in the Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers (prior to 1983) and integrates their insights with the subsequent philosophical work of Dr. Neville Buch and his 21st-century contemporaries. https://www.academia.edu/150270892/The_Messaging_of_the_Past_Thinkers_In_Relation_to_Dr_Buchs_Work Attached: The Messaging of the Past Thinkers. In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work …