Kevin O’Farrell
Biographic Data
| ID | 6583990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin O’Farrell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Farrell |
| SIGNATURE | O’FARRELL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bath Spa University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9566-697X |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Profound Intellectual Disability and the Grammar of Baptism
The author argues that how the personhood of those with profound intellectual disabilities is imagined often becomes a determining factor in whether those with disability are included in communities or whether their lives are affirmed. The author suggests that the grammar of the Christian practice of baptism is beneficial in communicating the full personhood of those with disability as well as their full inclusion in and gifting for the church-co…
In search of lost selves
This essay makes the case for a fresh evaluation of Aidan Higgins' long-neglected autobiographical novel Scenes from a Receding Past. It argues that it is most fruitfully understood as a contribution to the phenomenology of personal identity and that many of its formal idiosyncrasies, especially its deviations from the standard formula for Künstlerroman, are a direct result of its preoccupation with general concepts of selfhood rather than a conc…
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In search of lost selves
This essay makes the case for a fresh evaluation of Aidan Higgins' long-neglected autobiographical novel Scenes from a Receding Past. It argues that it is most fruitfully understood as a contribution to the phenomenology of personal identity and that many of its formal idiosyncrasies, especially its deviations from the standard formula for Künstlerroman, are a direct result of its preoccupation with general concepts of selfhood rather than a conc…
Profound Intellectual Disability and the Grammar of Baptism
The author argues that how the personhood of those with profound intellectual disabilities is imagined often becomes a determining factor in whether those with disability are included in communities or whether their lives are affirmed. The author suggests that the grammar of the Christian practice of baptism is beneficial in communicating the full personhood of those with disability as well as their full inclusion in and gifting for the church-co…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 work) · Balance (ability) (1 work) · Baptism (1 work) · Biographical and Historical Analysis (1 work)