Work
In 2013 Young won the Australasian Association of Philosophy's media prize for his public writing and broadcasting. Young is the author of ''Distraction'', an eclectic popular history of Western philosophy, focusing on themes such as attention to life and distraction from it, work, freedom and necessity. ''Bibliography
Books
Articles
*"Being Grateful for Being: Being, Reverence and Finitude", ''Sophia'' 44 2 (2005): 31–53. *"The Fine Arts of Distinction: Bourdieu on Society and Art", ''The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art'' 7 2 (2006). *"Bowing to Your Enemies: Courtesy, Budo and Japan", ''Philosophy East and West'' 59 2 (2009): 188–215. * "You don't need Jesus to enjoy Christmas", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (20/12/10), p. 7. * "The crisis and the cure", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', News Review (1/1/11), p. 13. * "Turn video games into more than child's play", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (14/1/11), p. 9 * "Legalizing mixed martial arts in New York", '' New York Daily News'' (16/1/11), p. 13. * "Research the name of the game", ''The Australian'', Higher Education (2/3/11), p. 5. * "Super-rich exceptions are closer to being the rule", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', News Review (2/4/11), p. 16. * "Familiarity breeds content for grand old gallery's loyal patrons", ''The Age'' (21/4/11), p. 13.Poetry
* "The Idea of a Great Gallery", ''Overland'' 179 (2005): 41. * "Howard Watches the Oscars and Weeps With Joy", ''Overland'' 174 (2004): 124.Short fiction
* "The Lesson", ''Meanjin'' 67 4 (2008), pp. 128–35.Critical studies and reviews of Young's work
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External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Damon 20th-century Australian philosophers Continental philosophers Metaphysicians 1975 births Living people University of Melbourne faculty People from Melbourne