Helena Sheehan

Helena Sheehan (born 1944) is an Irish philosopher, historian of science, philosophy, culture and politics. Quotes There is a difference between scatty and systemic thinking, between eclecticism and synthesis, between pluralism and holism, between a ragbag of assorted notions and a coherent and comprehensive worldview.https://monthlyreview.org/articles/totality-decades-of-debate-and-the-return-of-nature/ There is confusion and charlatanry and bluff predominating in the intellectual culture of our time. In popular culture, there is the clutter of celebrity gossip, science fiction and superheroes, murderous gaming,vacuous “reality TV,” the barrage of noise, and the lights and gyrations of popular music. It is camouflaging a vast emptiness.http://marxism.cass.cn/en/EventsOpinions/202512/t20251203_5953698.shtml Marxists of all people should write autobiographies, because we have a clearer and deeper sense of the relation of personality to history.https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/bearing-witness-to-lost-worlds-why-marxists-are-best-placed-to-write-an-autobiography-1.3980488 About Sheehan Well-known and respected in left-wing circles, Sheehan’s scholar-activism and international standing facilitated access to key players in the socialist arena.https://monthlyreview.org/in-the-public-eye-helena-sheehan-author-of-until-we-fall-and-navigating-the-zeitgeist/ External links Category:Living people Category:1944 births Category:Women born in the 1940s