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Professor Helena Sheehan is an academic philosopher, historian of science, and writer on communication studies, politics, and philosophical (particularly Marxist) subjects. Sheehan is a retired (Professor Emeritus) Communications lecturer at Dublin City University and has been a visiting professor at the University of Cape Town. ==Biography== Born in the United States, Sheehan describes her childhood as Catholic and conservative, Sheehan began studies her university and taught primary school as a nun.〔(Communications: Professor Helena Sheehan ). ''Staff Details''. University of Dublin. Accessed 8 April 2009.〕 As a result of studying, she became an agnostic and liberal, then later an atheist and radical. She then left the convent. Sheehan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 from St. Joseph's University (then known as St. Joseph's College) in Philadelphia, followed by an MA in 1970 from Temple University in Philadelphia. She earned a PhD in 1980 from Trinity College (Dublin) in philosophythen already active in the Trinity College Dublin Communist Society.〔Johnston, Roy W.H. ''Century of Endeavour: A Biographical and Autobiographical View of the 20th Century in Ireland''. Academica Press, LLC, 2003 ISBN 1-930901-76-3, ISBN 978-1-930901-76-6. Pp. 332–333.〕 As an historian of science, Sheehan develops the view that Marx and Engels shared fundamentally the same view on the philosophy of science.〔Steger, Manfred B. ''The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-521-58200-8, ISBN 978-0-521-58200-1. P. 92〕 A Marxist humanist, Sheehan has written critically of Lysenkoism and Stalin's impact on scientific development. Sheehan has lectured at the Humanist Association of Ireland.〔("Monthly Meetings" ). ''Humanist Association of Ireland''. Accessed 8 April 2009.〕 In her personal life, Sheehan is the partner of the trade unionist Sam Nolan.〔"(I went to Tripoli just to give a lecture – and flew into a seven-day nightmare )", ''Irish Independent'', 5 March 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helena Sheehan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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