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The Reflective Ascent: Reclaiming Human Authorship over Despair (a short teaching note)
Dr Neville Buch A Short Note for Hope from What I have Published In the midst of unawareness and depression, a condition often characterized as a state of “absolute non-knowledge” or “symbolic misery,” a person should actively engage in a “reflective ascent” to reclaim human authorship over their own narrative. This process begins by recognizing…
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An Intelligent Understanding
https://www.academia.edu/165011433/An_Intelligent_Understanding https://drnevillebuch.com/an-intelligent-understanding/ Attached: An Intelligent Understanding Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract: This essay explores the persistent human tendencies toward prejudice, racism, and ethnocentrism, framing these “human flaws” through the lens of Dr. Neville Buch’s Spiral Historiography and the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework. By comparing contemporary Western narratives of exclusion…
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Strategic Cousins: The Cognition of Australian and Canadian Political Unison
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay presents a Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) analysis of the unison in Canadian and Australian political thinking, as evidenced in the 2026 Hansard record of the Australian Parliament’s welcome to the Rt Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada. By applying the DoC framework—centring on the transition from unreflective habits…
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Brisbane Olympics: The Thinking
Neville Buch (Dr) Abstract: The writer is involved in Brisbane’s Urban Coalition alliance of community organisations in urban sociology, discussing the planning for the Brisbane Olympics. This article explains why the thinking of the local Brisbane Olympic Committee has strayed so badly. (2023 words). Unsurprising is that populists, including political representatives, do…
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Geoffrey Bolton. Comprehensive Historiography
Geoffrey Bolton: Comprehensive Historiography and the Philosophy of Geoffrey Bolton (HAPI Past Series) Series Abstract: For the past few years, I have been researching and writing about the defuncted Department of History, University of Queensland, 1911-2000. It will take a few more years before a tome on the subject may be published.…
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ART and Christian Churches
Abstract This essay examines the causal link between the decline of Australian churches and the systematic adoption of the American Revivalist Tradition (ART), as forewarned by Dr. Neville Buch in his 1995 doctoral research. It argues that the transition from a British-oriented “clerical Enlightenment” to a mechanized American model of faith has induced a state…
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Buch, Neville (2025). On The CounterPoint Statement, Unnderworld 2(11) 112-5
On The CounterPoint Statement Unnderworld 2(11) 112-5 Abstract In response to John Miller’s inquiry regarding the “how” and “where” of resistance for liberal congregations facing an authoritarian state—defined here as authority exceeding the fair intent of the law—this essay argues for a neganthropic turn. Drawing on the philosophies of Bernard Stiegler, Bernard Williams, and Dr. Neville…
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Buch, Neville (2025). The Fortress of Hubris. Arrogance in Cultural Warfare, Unnderworld 2(11) 50-3
The Fortress of Hubris. Arrogance in Cultural Warfare Unnderworld 2(11) 50-3 Abstract This essay examines the arrogance inherent in contemporary cultural warfare, specifically through the lens of the frequent confusion between Christian Progressivism and Christian Realism. Drawing on source material from the Sea of Faith debates and Dr. Neville Buch’s Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the…
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Monty Python and Local Free Thought
Unnderworld 2(11) 44-6 Abstract This essay explores the intersection between the absurdist humour of Monty Python and the traditions of local free thought in Brisbane and Queensland. Drawing on Gary Hardcastle’s analysis, it argues that Monty Python serves as an essential expositor of contemporary analytic philosophy, utilizing absurdity to reveal the breakdown of human reasoning and…