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Category: Essay for Social Change
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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 …
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How to bring social change for the better
PDF File: How to bring social change for the better Abstract The intersection of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero’s “Metaphysics of Revolution” and the work of Dr. Neville Buch constitutes a 21st-century “new thinking” that redefines the mechanism of change in human society. Rovero redefines revolution not as a mere political event…
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Three “Women” Philosophers
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Dr. Neville Buch provides a powerful intellectual defence of human authorship and plurality in an era increasingly defined by the “technical abyss” and the erosion of truth. Arendt’s “how” of philosophy—rooted in passionate thinking, the vita activa, and a non-determinative theory…
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The Three Bernards
Bernard Lonergan and the Work of Dr Buch Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Bernard Lonergan and Dr. Neville Buch represents a robust humanistic ascent against the “technical abyss” and “limited thinking” of the 21st century. Lonergan provides the internal framework of self-appropriation—the personal discovery of the dynamic structure of inquiry, insight,…
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Defending Philosophical Compatibility Against Neo-Conservative Thought
PDF File: Defending Philosophical Compatibility Against Neo-Conservative Thought Abstract The philosophy of “philosophical compatibility” emerges in the 21st century as a robust defence of human authorship against the reductionist and exclusionary critiques of “NeoConservatism”. While Neoconservatism often relies on the “Principle Basic Fallacy”—the artificial separation of the natural from the technical—to enforce rigid,…
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Folk Historiography
Folk Historiography Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Folk historiography represents a persistent challenge to the integrity of public memory and the development of a mature democratic society. Defined as a reliance on superficial narratives that prioritize journalistic drama and patriotic myth over rigorous analytical inquiry, folk history often serves to sanitize…
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In and Out of Unity and Universality
In and Out of Unity and Universality… Abstract This essay explores the cognitive and historical movement of human thought as it oscillates between the pursuit of foundational unity and the recognition of historical contingency. By utilizing the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis maps six pivotal intellectual shifts in Western history,…
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The Technical Abyss and the Illusion of Social Cohesion: The Politicisation of Social Cohesion
Politicisation of Social Cohesion https://www.academia.edu/145976288/The_Technical_Abyss_and_the_Illusion_of_Social_Cohesion Attached. Politicisation of Social Cohesion Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The politicisation of social cohesion represents a critical juncture in the contemporary “Culture-History War,” where the ideal of a unified society is transformed from a goal of communicative action into an instrument of strategic manipulation.…
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The Open Question on High-Level Employment
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Fair employment is systematically subverted by the “credential currency” of modern technocracy, which prioritizes institutional conformity and mechanistic utility over genuine intellectual capacity. The question of who does not get fairly employed reveals two primary groups: the highly “overqualified” intellectual (the scholar) and the systematically marginalized (based on gender, ethnicity, or…
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Understanding Thinking in Three Questions
8 January 2026 Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Scholar, Principal Researcher, Team Leader, Management Institute for Contributory Economy Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA cc. Drs. Michael Macklin and Neil Peach, Directors, Management Institute for Contributory Economy Dear friends, I have a message that must be acknowledged.…