DAMON YOUNG
www.damonyoung.com.au


Books

• Distraction: A Philosopher's Guide to Being Free. Melbourne University Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-0522853742. (Australian edition)
• Distraction. Acumen Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1844652549. (UK/US/Canada edition)
• The Mystery of the Garden. Melbourne University Publishing, 2011. (forthcoming)
• Martial Arts and Philosophy: Beating and Nothingness (edited, with Graham Priest). Open Court Publishing Company, 2010. ISBN 978-0812696844 (forthcoming)

Opinion and Features

• 'My Melbourne Spring', Meanjin 69 3 (2010), pp.16-17.
• 'Instructive lesson in class at the auctioneers', Sydney Morning Herald (18/8/10), p.13.
• 'Guiltlessly myopic electioneering', ABC Unleashed (17/8/10).
• 'Mentally sexy dads', ABC Unleashed (30/7/10).
• 'Too much screen time means our lives lack dimension', The Age (28/7/10), p.13.
• 'Quiet now, your soul is healing', Sydney Morning Herald (17/6/10), p.14.
• 'A little smut goes a long way', Sydney Morning Herald (23/6/10), p.11.
• 'A rhythmic, sweaty meditation, ABC Unleashed (18/6/10).
• 'Not just for geeks', ABC Unleashed (11/6/10).
• 'Empty pockets and wonky careers can provide a richer life', The Age (19/5/10), p.15.
• 'Taking a bite out of Apple's vision', Sydney Morning Herald (18/5/10), p.13.
• 'The distraction society', BBC News (7/5/10).
• 'In moments like these, we need mentors', Sydney Morning Herald (26/4/10), p.13.
• 'Forget cheap shots, cage fighting is a virtuous sport', The Age (12/4/10), p.11.
• 'Skinny vs healthy debate', ABC Unleashed (4/4/10).
• 'Autumn glory lets us count our blessings', Sydney Morning Herald (2/4/10), p.13.
• 'Wealth and Illth', Miscellaneous Voices, ed. Karen Andrews (2010), pp.15-18.
• 'Canvassing Creativity', Child magazines across Australia (1/3/10), pp.24-6.
• 'Back to your roots', Men's Health (1/3/10), pp.124-5.
• 'Channel your rage, young man', Sydney Morning Herald (9/01/10), p.21.
• 'Should auld acquaintance and bad times be forgot?', Sydney Morning Herald (28/12/09), p.13.
• 'An enriching, illuminating, bonding, godless Christmas', The Age (23/12/09), p.19.
• 'A bad review can be a learning experience, Sydney Morning Herald (21/12/09), p.13.
• 'A time for reflection', ABC Unleashed (7/12/09).
• 'The urge for single-sex fraternity will remain strong', The Age (27/11/09), p.13.
• 'Identifying with the victims, not the killers', Sydney Morning Herald (11/11/09), p.11.
• 'When will  the shallowness end?', ABC Unleashed (2/11/09).
• 'Write on', ABC Unleashed (12/10/09).
• 'Celebrity adoptions expose our hypocrisy', The Age (14/9/09).
• 'Light bulb moment', ABC Unleashed (4/9/09).
• 'We don't need Dylan on satnav to be driven to distraction', The Age (1/9/09), p.11.
• 'Dreams don't come in installments', Sydney Morning Herald (18/8/09), p.13.
• 'The shape of love', ABC Unleashed (9/7/09).
• 'Reality she wrote: Austen's top tips', Sydney Morning Herald (7/7/09), p.13.
• 'Your numbers may never come up, but dream on', The Age (2/7/09), p.13.
• 'The Toddler Within', Melbourne's Child (syndicated in all capital cities), (1/7/09), pp.21-3.
• 'Partners in Time', Child magazines across Australia, (1/6/09), p.24.
• 'To be relevant today, that is the dilemma', The Age (19/5/09), p.11.
• 'Channel the rage', Sydney Morning Herald (22/4/09), p.13.
• 'Sweetest tastes of Easter are not found in chocolate eggs', Herald-Sun (11/4/09), p.88.
• 'Planting for the future, not the past', ABC Unleashed (17/3/09).
  
• 'Bending the Rules', Child magazines across Australia, (1/3/09), pp.13-16.
• 'Seasonal magic of creating happiness', Herald-Sun (25/12/08), p.11.
• 'Merry Hell', Weekend Australian Magazine (20/12/08), p.8.
• 'Here's a radical thought - turn off the TV and tune into life', The Age (24/11/08), p.13.
• 'iPod down, stand up for a lady', Herald-Sun (17/11/08), p.20.
• 'On Fiction and Philosophy', Meanjin' 67 4 (2008), 121-4.
• 'Under Pressure', Child magazines across Australia, (1/11/08), pp.12-15.
• 'Lives Driven to Distraction', Herald-Sun, (22/10/08), p.20.
• 'Junk Ethics', ABC Unleashed, (16/10/08).
• 'Life Comes Unstuck in a BlackBerry Jam', The Age, A2 (6/9/08), p.11.
• 'Driven by Distraction', The Age, A2 (5/7/08), p.13.
• 'The Languorous Siesta: On Summer Reading', Meanjin 66 4/67 1 (2007/8): 62-8.
• 'Sparta for Our Times: Why 300 in 2007?', Meanjin 66 2 (2007): 174-8.
• 'Faith Without God: Kazantzakis and Faith', Meanjin 65 4 (2006).
• 'Facing Nietzsche's Demon', Meanjin 64 3 (2005): 15-19.

Radio and Television

• 'McCauley and Co.', BBC radio Scotland, 2/9/10.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Sydney, 30/8/10.
• 'Wax Lyrical', RRR Melbourne, 11/8/10.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Sydney, 26/7/10.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Sydney, 28/6/10.
• 'Life Matters', ABC Radio National, 25/6/10.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Sydney, 31/5/10.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Sydney, 21/5/10.
• 'Lunchtime', 4FM Ireland, 11/5/10.
• 'Breakfast', ABC radio Sydney, 30/12/09.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Adelaide, 7/12/09.
• 'Life Matters', ABC Radio National, 25/9/09.
• 'Afternoons', ABC radio Hobart, 18/8/09.
• 'The Sunday Show', ABC radio Melbourne, 24/5/09.
• 'Connections', 2CH radio, 17/5/09.
• 'Mornings', Capital radio, 24/4/09.
• 'Sunrise', Channel 7 TV, 23/4/09.
• 'Afternoons', 2UE radio, 22/4/09.
• 'Mornings', ABC radio South Coast/Wooloongong NSW (22/4/09).
• 'World View', SBS radio, 18/12/08.
• 'Life Matters', ABC Radio National, 7/11/08.
• 'Hack Half Hour', ABC TV, 20/10/08.
• 'Statewide Drive', ABC radio NSW, 25/9/08.
  
• 'French Language Show', SBS Radio, 22/9/08.
• 'Statewide Drive', ABC radio VIC, 22/9/08.
• 'Statewide Drive', ABC radio QLD, 19/9/08.
• 'Afternoon's, ABC radio Hobart, 12/9/08.
  
• 'Mornings', ABC radio Alice Springs, 12/9/08.
• 'Life Matters', ABC Radio National, 11/9/08.
• 'Mornings', ABC radio Central Western NSW, 9/9/08.
• 'Mornings', ABC radio Adelaide, 8/8/08.
• 'The Social Club' (as the 'Footy Philosopher'), SEN radio 1116, fortnightly from 4/07-9/07.

Comment

• 'Is multi-tasking a myth?', BBC News (21/8/10).
• 'Trouble Concentrating?', by Greg Foyster, Yen, Autumn/Winter 2010, pp.106-7.
• 'Childhood's end in the picture', by Corrie Perkin, The Weekend Australian, Inquirer (31/1/09), p.20
• 'Should auld lang syne just be forgot', by Milanda Rout, The Australian (31/12/09), p.9.
• 'Views on child protocols divided', by Corrie Perkin, The Australian (30/10/08), p.10.

Poetry

• 'Beauty' and 'Ground Control' in Around the Block (Preston: Flat Chat Press, 2007).
• 'The Idea of a Great Gallery', Overland 179 (2005): 41.
• 'Howard Watches the Oscars and Weeps With Joy', Overland 174 (2004): 124.

Fiction

• 'The Lesson', Meanjin 67 4 (2008), pp.128-35.

Public Speaking

• 'Blogging and Community' (with James Bradley, Penni Russon and Karen Andrews), New Voices Festival, 31st July 2010.
• 'Dear Aunt Jane...', Jane Austen Society of Australia, Sydney, 19th June 2010.
• 'Distant Travels, Intimate Truths' (with Maria Tumarkin and Howard Goldenberg), Limmud Oz Festival, Monash University, 13th June 2010.
• 'Tolerance' (with Irfan Yusuf), Crime and Justice Festival, Abbotsford Convent, 19th July, 2009.
• '11 Independent Types', State Library of Victoria, 6th June, 2009.
• 'Distraction', Malthouse Theatre, May 31st, 2009.
• 'Matisse's Hernia', Baccalaureate 'Festival of Ideas', Geelong Grammar, 2008.
• 'Proust at Balbec', at 'Aesthetics Today', National Gallery of Victoria, 2007.
• 'Plato, Art and Truth', Baccalaureate 'Festival of Ideas', Methodist Ladies' College, 2006, 2007, 2008.
• 'Picasso: Love and War' , National Gallery of Victoria, 2006

Reviews

• Maria Tumarkin, Otherland, The Big Issue 10th May 2010.
• Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, The Big Issue 21st April 2009.
• Mark Vernon, Wellbeing, The Big Issue 10th February 2009.
  
• Kate Grenville, The Lieutenant, The Big Issue 28th September 2008.
• Rachel Power, The Divided Heart, The Big Issue 26th August 2008.

Academic Essays

• Damon Young, 'Bowing to Your Enemies: Courtesy, Budo and Japan', Philosophy East and West 59 2 (2009): 188-215.
• 'The Fine Arts of Distinction: Bourdieu on Society and Art', The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 7 2 (2006).
• 'Being Grateful for Being: Being, Reverence and Finitude', Sophia 44 2 (2005): 31-53.
• 'Knowing Thyself...In Private: Masturbation and Philosophy', Sexuality and Culture 9 4 (2005): 58-80.
• 'The Democratic Chorus: Culture, Dialogue and Polyphonic Paideia', Democracy and Nature 9 2 (2003): 221-235.
• 'Not Easy Being Green: Process, Poetry and the Tyranny of Distance', Ethics, Place and Environment 5 3 (2002): 189-204.
• 'Stealing the Voice of Orpheus: Process, Language and Narrative Justice', Concrescence 3 1 (2002): 1-12.
• 'The Mortal Blessings of Narrative: Death, Poetry and the Beginnings of Cultural Change', Philosophy Today 45 3/4 (2001): 275-285.
• Damon Young & Ruth Quibell, 'Why Rights Are Never Enough: Rights, Disability and Understanding', Disability and Society 15 5 (2000): 743-760.
• 'Quantum Karma : Semantic Superficiality in New Age Religions', Democracy and Nature 4 2/3 (1999): 95-112.