Michael Leahy
Biographic Data
| ID | 252903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Leahy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Leahy |
| SIGNATURE | LEAHY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1772-027X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1936 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sickness and healing in the institutional imaginary
Defining social inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Ulrich Beck's Cosmopolitanisation Thesis
For Ulrich Beck, the Enlightenment project aimed to subordinate religious truth to the authority of reason in questions of the true and the good, and thus to replace religious conflict with peace. Although the ‘First Modernity’ delivered risks like climate change rather than progress like peace, Beck discerns signs of hope for the Enlightenment project in the processes of individualisation and cosmopolitanisation. I argue, first, that Beck exagge…
Covenant of Liberty
The Religious Right
(1998). The Religious Right: would‐be censors of the state school curriculum. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 51-68
Religious ‘Doctrines’ and the Closure of Minds
In a recent essay, Tasos Kazepides has used the later Wittgenstein’s account of religious beliefs as either ‘superstitions’ or non-rational to condemn such beliefs as ‘doctrines’. By this term he means teachings which close minds to alternative truth-claims. In this paper we criticise his interpretation and use of Wittgenstein and argue that, far from closing minds, an appropriate education in religious beliefs can open minds to possible realms o…
The Effects of a Multimedia System in Supermarkets To Alter Shoppers' Food Purchases
A randomized-control test of a multimedia nutrition intervention-the Nutrition for a Lifetime System (NLS(c))- utilized supermarket receipts to examine effects of NLS treatment on the daily per person nutritional content of participants' supermarket purchases. In regression analyses controlling for background variables, baseline purchases and trends toward increased purchasing, NLS treatment contributed to lower levels of total fat and to higher …
Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy
Journal Article Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy Get access Ronald S Laura, Ronald S Laura Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rankin Drive, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Leahy Michael Leahy Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rank…
The Land That Time Forgot; Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea
The Central Highlands of New Guinea
The Central Highlands of New Guinea
The Land That Time Forgot; Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea
Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy
Journal Article Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy Get access Ronald S Laura, Ronald S Laura Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rankin Drive, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Leahy Michael Leahy Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rank…
Ulrich Beck's Cosmopolitanisation Thesis
For Ulrich Beck, the Enlightenment project aimed to subordinate religious truth to the authority of reason in questions of the true and the good, and thus to replace religious conflict with peace. Although the ‘First Modernity’ delivered risks like climate change rather than progress like peace, Beck discerns signs of hope for the Enlightenment project in the processes of individualisation and cosmopolitanisation. I argue, first, that Beck exagge…
The Effects of a Multimedia System in Supermarkets To Alter Shoppers' Food Purchases
A randomized-control test of a multimedia nutrition intervention-the Nutrition for a Lifetime System (NLS(c))- utilized supermarket receipts to examine effects of NLS treatment on the daily per person nutritional content of participants' supermarket purchases. In regression analyses controlling for background variables, baseline purchases and trends toward increased purchasing, NLS treatment contributed to lower levels of total fat and to higher …
The Central Highlands of New Guinea
The Land That Time Forgot; Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea
Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy
Journal Article Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy Get access Ronald S Laura, Ronald S Laura Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rankin Drive, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Leahy Michael Leahy Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rank…
Religious ‘Doctrines’ and the Closure of Minds
In a recent essay, Tasos Kazepides has used the later Wittgenstein’s account of religious beliefs as either ‘superstitions’ or non-rational to condemn such beliefs as ‘doctrines’. By this term he means teachings which close minds to alternative truth-claims. In this paper we criticise his interpretation and use of Wittgenstein and argue that, far from closing minds, an appropriate education in religious beliefs can open minds to possible realms o…
The Effects of a Multimedia System in Supermarkets To Alter Shoppers' Food Purchases
A randomized-control test of a multimedia nutrition intervention-the Nutrition for a Lifetime System (NLS(c))- utilized supermarket receipts to examine effects of NLS treatment on the daily per person nutritional content of participants' supermarket purchases. In regression analyses controlling for background variables, baseline purchases and trends toward increased purchasing, NLS treatment contributed to lower levels of total fat and to higher …
The Religious Right
(1998). The Religious Right: would‐be censors of the state school curriculum. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 51-68
Covenant of Liberty
Ulrich Beck's Cosmopolitanisation Thesis
For Ulrich Beck, the Enlightenment project aimed to subordinate religious truth to the authority of reason in questions of the true and the good, and thus to replace religious conflict with peace. Although the ‘First Modernity’ delivered risks like climate change rather than progress like peace, Beck discerns signs of hope for the Enlightenment project in the processes of individualisation and cosmopolitanisation. I argue, first, that Beck exagge…
Defining social inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Sickness and healing in the institutional imaginary
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Religious Education and Schools (4 works) · Curriculum (2 works)