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Category: The Importance Of History In Our Own Lives?
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Certificate of Participation ISCHE 47 and why Australian universities can’t understand their war on sociology, and what to do about it?
The perennial tension between intellectual detachment and social activism is often framed as a binary choice. However, the scholarship of Dr. Neville Buch and the broader intellectual history of the human sciences suggest that this is a false dichotomy. Drawing on the foundational axiom that ”understanding history is philosophy in practice,” this essay argues that…
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Teaching Documentation: Understanding History is Philosophy in Practice – ISCHE 47
Featured Image: CIAE Diploma of Teaching Graduates of late 1970s. Dave Jack and Denis Sheehan with Queensland historian, the late Dr Jack Ford, in the centre of the image.
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Declining Quality and Implications for Elitism: Democratic Elitism and the Spiral Theory of Stupidity
Dr Neville Buch Abstract When I wake up in the morning and listen to the radio news broadcast, I am bewildered. Have I left the earth time zone to end up in a bizarre alien landscape? As I analyse the situation, the thoughts are there being a world of ‘news as entertainment’ without any history,…
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How Brisbane City Council Cheats: The Architecture of Institutional Cheating in Brisbane Governance
Dr Neville Buch This Essay is provided exclusively for CleatCheats’ use. CleatCheats is a watchdog of unethical political behaviour, particularly in Brisbane & Queensland where subliminal behaviour is leading to deepfakes. Abstract This essay investigates the phenomenon of institutional cheating within the Brisbane City Council (BCC), defined here as the systematic violation of ethical and…
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History as Philosophy in a Contributory Economy
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay translates the “MICE Research Report on the 2026 AHA Conference” into a comprehensive academic analysis of the role of history within the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) framework. Centred on the 2026 Australian Historical Association (AHA) conference theme, ”Changing Minds,” the essay posits that historical inquiry is not a static archival endeavor…
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Summative Paper from Gary M. Jarson on Religious Studies: Thinking Religion in Place – The Sacred In Rebus
Dr Neville Buch Abstract In the contemporary intellectual landscape, Gary Jaron’s (2021/2022) definition of Religious Studies as the study of the sacred and our response to what we consider sacred serves as a vital catalyst for moving the field beyond the limited recognition of supernatural entities toward a study of human action. Dr. Neville Buch evaluates this…
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The Three Modalities of Artificial Intelligence Thinking
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Thinking surrounding Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is currently divided into three distinct cognitive modalities: Panic, Fashion, and Intellectual reflection. Panic thinking utilizes the “paranoid style,” casting A.I. as a looming existential threat that mirrors historical fears of total domination and the erasure of human plurality. Fashion thinking treats A.I. as a project of “liquid modernity,” emphasizing “McDonaldized” principles of efficiency,…
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Hanson versus Auntie: Cognitive Pathologies and the Right-Wing Critique of the ABC
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The intellectual hostility directed toward national broadcasters, specifically the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is historically rooted in a partisan political sub-culture that utilizes the “myth of secular humanism” as a primary ideological weapon. This critique often manifests as a form of the “paranoid style,” where the broadcaster is cast as a…
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Global Themes that Australian Studies-in-Religion scholars are missing
10 May 2026 Dr Neville Buch Necessity and Choice. The Architecture of Necessity and Human Authorship Abstract This essay explores the dialectic between necessity and choice within the frameworks of semantic theory, sociology of education, and religious studies. It posits that while neoliberal models of “rational choice” attempt to reduce human behaviour to the mechanical…
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The Architecture of Epistemic Violence and the Techné Mindset
Contents Abstract 2 The Architecture of Epistemic Violence and Power: A Synoptic View.. 2 Endnotes and References. 4 Bibliography. 5 POSTSCRIPT QUESTIONS. 6 Explain the difference between ‘know-how’ and ‘know-that’ in communicative competence. 6 How does Sellars defend his ‘big picture’ against representationistic critics?. 7 How does the ‘Synoptic Vision’…