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Category: Spiral Historiography
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Today’s Academic Patterns. The Academic Immense Regression – Denoetization and the Crisis of Scholarship
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay examines the contemporary landscape of higher education through the lens of the “Academic Immense Regression,” a systemic collapse characterized by the mechanical liquidation of judgment (denoetization) and the erosion of human authorship. While academic specialization is a necessary precondition for objective truth, it has morphed into a form of…
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Not Knowing and Knowing: Beyond the Orthodoxy of Coercion – The Ecology of Knowledge
Dr Neville Buch Not Knowing and Knowing Abstract. Perennially in the global intellectual history is the Orthodoxy of Coercion, where both the individual and the collective have had to deal with the “power-over”: command, coercion, and domination. In the last few centuries, it has been existentialism, and in detail: existential thought, which has been the…
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An Australian Political Analysis. Queensland and Michael Macklin
Management Institute for Contributory Economy This essay examines the trajectory of Australian politics with a specific focus on the unique socio-intellectual landscape of Queensland and the pivotal role played by Dr. Michael Macklin. Utilizing his dual career as a philosopher of education and a Senator for the Australian Democrats (1981–1990), the analysis explores how Macklin’s…
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Local Example of Progressive Theology in the late 1960s: The Logic of Analogy and the Leap of Faith
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Produced in 1967 by Michael Macklin (writing as Br. Ronald OFM), Analogy, Analysis and God represent a significant local example of progressive theological inquiry in Queensland during the late 1960s. This philosophical thesis navigates the “crisis of theological language” prompted by the rise of logical positivism and linguistic analysis. By evaluating…
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What is Sociology of Education?
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay defines the Sociology of Education today as a critical interdisciplinary field focused on the remediation of “denoetization”—the mechanical liquidation of the human capacity for judgment. Drawing on the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) and Spiral Historiography frameworks, it argues that education is no longer merely the transmission of content…
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Rightwing Empty Rhetoric. Defending Synthetic Historiography Against the Rhetoric of Forensic Dismissal
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay examines Sophia L. Corwin’s critique, “The Altar of Autocomplete and Buch’s Synthetic Historiography,” identifying it as a form of ultra-conservative academic rhetoric designed to gatekeep the boundaries of the traditional academy. Corwin’s analysis is characterized by a “combat concept” approach that utilizes forensic dismissal to delegitimize “synthetic” modes…
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The Cognitive Organic Mechanics of Outlander’s Historical Workshop
PDF FILE: The Cognitive Organic Mechanics of Outlander’s Historical Workshop https://www.academia.edu/166781431/The_Cognitive_Organic_Mechanics_of_Outlander_s_Historical_Workshop The Outlander Workshop: Cognitive Landscapes of the 18th Century I. Contractarianism and the Strategic Social Deal In Outlander, the social structures of 1743 Scotland are characterized by a Hobbesian Contractarianism. This political theory posits that legitimate authority…
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Conference Series 2016-2024
2016 PHA Melbourne Conference Abstract The 2016 Professional Historians Association (PHA) Melbourne Conference, themed “Working History,” represented a significant milestone in Dr. Neville Buch’s career within a broader decade of national and international scholarly engagement (2016–2024). At this gathering, Dr. Buch presented two distinct but complementary facets of his work: the digital innovation of…
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The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading: Part 2. Response to Critics
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Many people today find it hard to read long books or understand deep ideas because they are distracted by phones and social media. This problem is called a “crisis of comprehension,” where our brains get lazy and stop thinking for themselves. This essay explains why we need to start…
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The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading (Cognitive Map)
PDFs: The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading (Cognitive Map) Dr Neville Buch Abstract The current state of literacy in the general population is characterized by an “immense regression” and a systemic loss of sufficient comprehension. This essay explores why individuals…