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Damon Young (born 1975 in
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) is an Australian philosopher, writer and commentator, and author of the books ''Distraction'', ''Philosophy in the Garden'' and ''How to Think About Exercise''. He is an Honorary Fellow in Philosophy at the
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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. ''
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'' called it lacking in precision, saying its "central proposition – that new information technologies distract us from our common existential challenge – is never thoroughly probed" while London's ''
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'' called it "lucid and optimistic". ''Philosophy in the Garden'', published in Australia in December 2012, was described by ''The Australian'' as "fluent and stylish and never marred by cliches or cliched thinking". It was published in the UK in April 2014 by Rider, an imprint of Random House, under the title ''Voltaire's Vine and Other Philosophies: How Gardens Inspired Great Writers''. Young's columns, reviews and features have been published in ''
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'', ''The Australian'', '' Herald Sun'',
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and ABC. He has written poetry and fiction for '' Overland'' and ''
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'' magazines. Young regularly comments on radio, and has appeared on Channel 7 ''
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'', a monthly guest on ''Mornings'' with
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, and was "philosopher-in-residence" on ''Afternoons'' with James Valentine on ABC Sydney 702, and "sports philosopher" with Francis Leach on
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Bibliography


Books


''Philosophy in the Garden''
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, 2012 (Australian edition). .
''Distraction''
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, 2008 (Australian edition). ;
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, 2010 (UK/US edition). . *
Martial Arts and Philosophy
', edited with Graham Priest, Open Court Publishing, 2010. . *
How To Think About Exercise
',
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, 2014. . *
The Art of Reading
'.
Melbourne University Publishing Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is the book publishing arm of the University of Melbourne. History MUP was founded in 1922 as Melbourne University Press to sell text books and stationery to students, and soon began publishing books itself. ...
, 2016. * ''On Getting Off'' (2020)


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

;''On Getting Off'' * ——————— ;Notes and full bibliographic citations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Damon 20th-century Australian philosophers Continental philosophers Metaphysicians 1975 births Living people University of Melbourne faculty People from Melbourne