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DR DAMON YOUNG



Contact Details

Organization: Philosophy
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
Email:
Homepage: www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Young/Damon.htm
Work: 83448089
Room: 104
Level: 01
Building: Old Quadrangle Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Dr. Damon Young is a Fellow in Philosophy at Melbourne University. He has published academic and literary essays, and poetry. His book Distraction will be published in 2008 by Melbourne University Press. He is currently writing on the philosophy of gardens, and editing an anthology on martial arts and philosophy.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Aesthetics, Continental Philosophy, Applied Ethics Aesthetics, Environmentalism, Distraction, Art, Reverence, Spirituality, Modernity, Postmodernity, Martial Arts Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor Swinburne University of Technology 15-Oct-2003
Bachelor of Arts Swinburne University of Technology 15-Oct-1998

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship APA 01-Jan-1999
Scholarship APA HECS Exemption 01-Aug-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A Sparta For Our Times
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Meanjin
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 174-8
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • 'Faith without God'
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Meanjin
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 66-70
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  • The fine arts of distinction: Bourdieu on society and art
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 23-44
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Being grateful for being: being, reverence and finitude
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Sophia
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 31-54
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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  • Facing Nietzsche's demon
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Meanjin
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 15-38
    Publisher: Meanjin Company(Melbourne)
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  • Knowing thyself...in private: masturbation and philosophy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Sexuality & Culture
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 58-79
    Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Creative Works

  • The idea of a great gallery
    Year: 2005
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Overland
    Edition: 1
    ISBN: 00307416
    Publisher: OL Society(Melbourne)
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