Reed M Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 710532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reed M Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reed M |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6690-2515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The 'bad' and exceptionally 'good: Constructing the African refugee
An increase in refugees entering Australia from Africa, particularly Sudan, in recent times has inspired debate about the implications associated with immigration. Combining insights from the fields of discourse theory and metaphor analysis, this work explores the construction of the African refugee as presented in the Australian tabloid news media newspapers the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph. Special attention is dedicated to how the 'bad' …
A Tethered Virtue: Kenneth W. Thompson and the Problem That Reinhold Niebuhr Could Not Solve
Although Kenneth W. Thompson admired Reinhold Niebuhr's political realism, he expressed reservations about Niebuhr's method of moral reasoning. More specifically, Thompson argued that Niebuhr’s habit of introducing abstract moral criteria into discussions of foreign policy problems was the source of his “deepest insights and his most misleading political estimates.” We contrast Thompson’s own method of moral reasoning--one rooted in what politica…
Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism
A politics of understanding: The international thought of Raymond Aron
Frequently hailed as one of the greatest defenders of democratic liberalism in postwar Europe, French philosopher, sociologist, and political commentator Raymond Aron (1905-1983) left behind a staggering amount of published work on a remarkably wide range of topics both scholarly and popular. In A Politics of Understanding, Reed M. Davis assesses the originality and consistency of Aron's body of work, drawing a connection between Aron's philosoph…
The 'bad' and exceptionally 'good: Constructing the African refugee
An increase in refugees entering Australia from Africa, particularly Sudan, in recent times has inspired debate about the implications associated with immigration. Combining insights from the fields of discourse theory and metaphor analysis, this work explores the construction of the African refugee as presented in the Australian tabloid news media newspapers the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph. Special attention is dedicated to how the 'bad' …
A politics of understanding: The international thought of Raymond Aron
Frequently hailed as one of the greatest defenders of democratic liberalism in postwar Europe, French philosopher, sociologist, and political commentator Raymond Aron (1905-1983) left behind a staggering amount of published work on a remarkably wide range of topics both scholarly and popular. In A Politics of Understanding, Reed M. Davis assesses the originality and consistency of Aron's body of work, drawing a connection between Aron's philosoph…
Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism
A Tethered Virtue: Kenneth W. Thompson and the Problem That Reinhold Niebuhr Could Not Solve
Although Kenneth W. Thompson admired Reinhold Niebuhr's political realism, he expressed reservations about Niebuhr's method of moral reasoning. More specifically, Thompson argued that Niebuhr’s habit of introducing abstract moral criteria into discussions of foreign policy problems was the source of his “deepest insights and his most misleading political estimates.” We contrast Thompson’s own method of moral reasoning--one rooted in what politica…
The 'bad' and exceptionally 'good: Constructing the African refugee
An increase in refugees entering Australia from Africa, particularly Sudan, in recent times has inspired debate about the implications associated with immigration. Combining insights from the fields of discourse theory and metaphor analysis, this work explores the construction of the African refugee as presented in the Australian tabloid news media newspapers the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph. Special attention is dedicated to how the 'bad' …
Political science (4 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 1905-1983 (1 works) · Aron, Raymond (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Constitution (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Diskurs (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works)