"Who, after all, runs America? No one runs it altogether, but in so far as any group does, the power elite." C. Wright Mills (1959). The Sociological Imagination, Oxford University Press. p. 31. Mills' The Power Elite thesis (1956) has sustain the...
The following are sociological and historical analysis from Dr Buch, a progressive scholar. For critical attention to these progressive statements during the DNC, go to the PBS Fact-Checking websites. The Best of Politics, Globally, Not Just from...
The first essay in the series on the emerging field of Cognition History (and Cognition Sociology). The essay begins with introducing key concepts of Micro and Macro scoping, and principal concepts of Thin and Thick. Other key concepts are introduced for their role of...
NDB. The Level Playing Field Saturday, 3 August 2024 ONLINE APPLICATION TO WHOM IT CONCERNS Dear Friend, Attached is the draft essay, “The Concept of the Level Playing Field.” I am the sole author and disclaim all...
Review Essay: Matthew Hunter, Charles Taylor’s Sublime Shortcomings: The great philosopher’s book about poetry is provocative but disappointing, The Chronicle of Higher Education, MAY 22, 2024. Charles Taylor (2024). Cosmic...
The academia.edu copy is here: https://www.academia.edu/117813171/Plurality_in_and_of_Thought_Functional_Ideals_of_Silence_and_Dismissal The Public PDF copy is here: Plurality in and of Thought. Functional Ideals of Silence and Dismissal ...
The Madness of the Individual Hero or Saviour. Mercy to our souls of humanity in such madness. It appears each morning of late that the news reports -- the radio as I get out of bed, breakfast television, the social media sources -- expresses the...
In the 2021 Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES) paper, Lived higher education policy and grand generational narratives at the University of Melbourne 2005-2008: An educational critique of Karl...
“Police” might not be ‘a great’ acronym, but I referring to each person “policing” their own thought. What I am referring to, is not “self-censorship” in the way the libertarians discuss this concept of “self-censorship”. Libertarians get themselves in...