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Universiteit van Amsterdam: Amsterdam, NL

2022-01-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Anthropology)
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Patrick McKearney

Universiteit van Amsterdam: N/A, NL

2022-01-01 to present | Academic, Assistant Professor (Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body (AISSR, FMG))
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

Universiteit van Amsterdam: N/A, NL

2022-01-01 to present | Academic, Assistant Professor (AISSR Other Research (FMG))
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | Research Associate (Max Plank Cambridge Centre for the Study of Ethics, Human Economy, and Social Change)
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Patrick McKearney

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2017-12-01 to 2021-12-31 | Affiliated Lecturer (Department of Social Anthropology)
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Patrick McKearney

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2016-09-01 to 2017-12-31 | Teaching Associate (Department of Social Anthropology)
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Patrick McKearney

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2012-10-04 to 2016-08-31 | PhD in Social Anthropology (Department of Social Anthropology)
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Patrick McKearney

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2011-10-04 to 2012-06-31 | MPhil in Theology & Religious Studies (Faculty of Divinity)
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Patrick McKearney

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2008-10-04 to 2011-06-31 | BA in Theology & Religious Studies (Faculty of Divinity)
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Works (29)

Anthropology and Intellectual Disability

Tromans, S., Alexander, R., Gangadharan, S. K., Kapugama, C., & Bhaumik, S. (eds.) Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Across Cultures. Oxford University Press.
2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Patrick McKearney; Tyler Zoanni
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Patrick McKearney

Disabling Virtue

The Betrayal of Witness: Reflections of the Downfall of Jean Vanier
2024 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

At the Edges of Liberal Care

Current Anthropology
2024-12 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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University of Amsterdam - PURE
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Disabling Virtue

The Betrayal of Witness: Reflections on the Downfall of Jean Vanier
2024-04-16 | Book chapter
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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Patrick McKearney

Against better judgment: Akrasia in anthropological perspectives

Against Better Judgment: Akrasia in Anthropological Perspectives
2023 | Book
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Contributors: McKearney, P.; Evans, N.H.A.
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Patrick McKearney via Scopus - Elsevier
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Anthropology and Intellectual Disability

Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Across Cultures
2023 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780191890697
Part of ISBN: 9780198857600
Contributors: Patrick McKearney; T. Zoanni
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

Introduction

Against Better Judgment: Akrasia in Anthropological Perspectives
2023 | Book
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Contributors: McKearney, P.; Evans, N.H.A.
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Patrick McKearney via Scopus - Elsevier
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Relational Akrasia: Care and the distribution of action

Against Better Judgment: Akrasia in Anthropological Perspectives
2023 | Book chapter
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Contributors: McKearney, P.
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Patrick McKearney via Scopus - Elsevier
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Agonistic Pluralists

The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Ethics
2023-04-30 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781108591249
Part of ISBN: 9781108482806
Part of ISBN: 9781108710954
Contributors: James Laidlaw; Patrick McKearney
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Patrick McKearney
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Care

The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Ethics
2023-04-30 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781108591249
Part of ISBN: 9781108482806
Part of ISBN: 9781108710954
Contributors: Cheryl Mattingly; Patrick McKearney
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Patrick McKearney
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Intellectual Disability

Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology
2023-02-14 | Encyclopedia entry | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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Patrick McKearney

Intellectual Disability

The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology
2023-02-14 | Dictionary entry | Author
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Contributors: Patrick McKearney; T. Zoanni
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University of Amsterdam - PURE
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Worlds of care: The emotional lives of fathers caring for children with disabilities

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
2022-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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Disabling Violence

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
2022-06-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1359-0987
Part of ISSN: 1467-9655
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Patrick McKearney
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Care

The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology
2021-09-14 | Dictionary entry | Author
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Contributors: Patrick McKearney; M. Amrith
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

The Ability to Judge: Critique and Surprise in Theology, Anthropology, and L’Arche

Ethnos
2021-05-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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The Limits of Knowing Other Minds

Social Analysis
2021-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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Mentally Fit: Negotiating the Boundaries of Cognitive Disability

Medical Anthropology
2021-02-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick McKearney; Anna Zogas
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What Escapes Persuasion: Why Intellectual Disability Troubles ‘Dependence’ in Liberal Societies

Medical Anthropology
2021-02-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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Challenging Care: Professionally Not Knowing What Good Care Is

Anthropology and Humanism
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1559-9167
Part of ISSN: 1548-1409
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Patrick McKearney
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Everyday Ethics

Everyday Ethics
2019 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9781626167063
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

Experiments in Friendship

A Kind of Upside-Downness
2019 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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University of Amsterdam - PURE

Experiments in Friendship

A Kind of Upside-Downness: Learning Disabilities and Transformational Community
2019-11-21 | Book chapter
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Patrick McKearney

Everyday Ethics: A Bibliographic Essay

Everyday Ethics
2019-10-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781626167087
Part of ISBN: 1626167087
Part of ISBN: 9781626167070
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Patrick McKearney

Introduction: For an Anthropology of Cognitive Disability

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
2018 | Journal article
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Patrick McKearney
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Receiving the Gift of Cognitive Disability: Recognizing Agency in the Limits of the Rational Subject

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
2018 | Journal article
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Patrick McKearney
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The Weight of Living: Autonomy, Care, and Responsibility for the Self

Journal of Disability & Religion
2018-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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L'Arche, Learning Disability, and Domestic Citizenship: Dependent Political Belonging in a Contemporary British City

City & Society
2017-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0893-0465
Contributors: PATRICK MCKEARNEY
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The Genre of Judgment

Journal of Religious Ethics
2016-08-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0384-9694
Contributors: Patrick McKearney
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Peer review (10 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for American Anthropologist (2)
Review activity for Critical research on religion. (1)
Review activity for Culture, medicine and psychiatry. (2)
Review activity for Ethos. (2)
Review activity for Journal of intellectual & developmental disability. (1)
Review activity for Journal of material culture (1)
Review activity for Medical anthropology. (1)