Inspired by Sebastian Smee’s article in The Washington Post. Sebastian Smee, The uncanny Bob Dylan song that inaugurated an era of dread, The Washington Post, 18 April 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Smee writes, “Dylan is the Picasso...
In Eros and Civilization, Herbert Marcuse is critical of Erich Fromm: In the beginning, he was a radical theorist, but later he turned to conformity. Marcuse also noted that Fromm, as well as his close colleagues Sullivan and Karen Horney, removed Freud's libido...
This essay has taken four books (in this order): Bakewell, Sarah (2023). Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Thinking, Enquiry and Hope, London: Chatto & Windus. Hayot, Eric (2021). Humanist Reason: A History, An Argument, A Plan,...
Drawing on the sources, Dr Neville Buch's message across time, as reflected in his curriculum vitae, publications, and other writings, centres on the critical understanding of history, cognition, education, and their intricate relationships, particularly within the...
“Nietzsche’s idea is that things and actions are already interpretations. So to interpret is to interpret interpretations, and thus to change things, ‘to change life.’ What is clear for Nietzsche is that society cannot be an ultimate authority. The ultimate authority...
The Setting I write this report, first thing after showering and dressing, eating with honey-toast and drinking coffee, to the computer with the Word document, to record the thoughts in the semi-dream state, an hour or so before. The occasions of...
Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA 14 March 2025 Re: Following on from the previous email about Nicholas B. Dirks' thinking. Dear Vice-Chancellors, Another...
Now that the MBH Project is on the Public History International Map, Isn't it time for State and Council Funding to Keep the MBH Project Going? BUSINESS Office: 18 Callendar St, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109 AUSTRALIA 22 February 2025 Re: 2024...
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. It does not work as empirical observations of the political games in rhetoric, where persons try foolishly to rationalise their own political prejudices. That foolish worldview is full of...