Mileage Magazine Of India Assam PHILOSOPHY OF FEARISM

Afresh perspective to look at varied aspects of life

Becoming the first person to coin the term ‘Fearism’, philosopher, poet and author Desh Subba has introduced a new perspective to look at life and the society. In his book “ Philosophy of Fearism” which got published in the month of July, 2014 and discussed, analysed and diagnosed by the intelligentsia across the globe, Subba delves deep in examining fear, its manifestation in human beings and the ways how it can get mitigated.

Desh Subba

Fear is defined as a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain etc. whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Subba believes that a human being is inundated with fear of every kind, viz; news of war, epidemic, violence, fear of being humiliated and so on. He declares that every human being wants to escape from this all pervading fear.

Rooted on the hypothesis that fear is the most important consciousness in life, Subba uses the concept of fearism as a therapy for everyone who wants to get rid of fear of every sort.

Born in Dharan, Eastern part of Nepal, Desh Subba currently lives with his family in Hongkong. Besides authoring this highly acclaimed work ‘Philosophy of Fearism’, Subba also has authored four novels.

An ardent believer of the theory of Fearism, Rana Kafle from Assam, India left no stone unturned in propagating and popularizing this new philosophy in Nepal and India. Himself being a poet and a writer, Mr. Kafle believes that ‘Philosophy of Fearism’ will revolutionise the thinking process and will provide a new perspective to look at things around us.

http://themileage.org/2015/02/philosophy-of-fearism.html

The story goes, if we know some facts, that "fearism" was first coined in 1992, five years before myself and seven years before Subba. The history of the first coining of the term fearism is still being researched, though to the best of my knowledge Desh Subba is third to coin the term in 1999 worldwide, and yet he's likely first to coin it in the East (as bhayabad). He is first to coin "philosophy of fearism." In the West, according to Fisher (2016)-chapter 4 in Philosophy of Fearism: A First East-West Dialogue: "Since writing this co-authored book it appears I used the term ["fearism"] the first time in an unpublished book ms. in 1997 (Spectrum of 'Fear'). In this first use known by anyone (except White (1997). He used it like I do in Technical Paper No. 51..." (excerpt quote from Fisher & Subba, 2016, p. 128). In all likelihood, historically White (1997) is the first to have cited the term "fearism" which happens to be taken from a quote made five years earlier by Tony Hiss, who wrote a piece in The New Yorker (Nov. 16, 1992, p. 106). White (1997, p. 74) wrote, "[President] Reagan's action earned him the enmity of Hiss's son Tony, who wrote in 1992: 'Terrorism has a horrible effect on countries, but so, in its own way, does a kind of low-grade [chronic] fearism.'" I am still trying to research this history further for details and have not seen, for e.g., White's book I can only find in its digital incomplete form on the Internet and The New Yorker magazine archive is only accessible through paid subscription.

What is most interesting in this history of the evolution of the term "fearism" is that all three of the above authors coined it independently of the other knowing it was being used, and equally interesting it comes from 3 different countries: White (USA), Fisher (Canada) and Subba (Nepal). From the perspective of universal consciousness of Oneness, there is no need to worry about who coined the term "fearism" first. From the perspective of historical consciousness of the Many, it is evident that fearism arose in consciousness in the 1990's is very much in correlation to my own research that shows the "culture of fear" concept was being coined in the mid-to-late 1990s for the first time and everyone (more or less) was starting to feel or sense that "fear" was going to be very important in the world's history, and this was even before 9/11, 2001 when "culture of fear" really exploded on the world's scene.

References:

Fisher, R. M. (1997). Spectrum of 'fear'. Unpublished ms., p. 263.

White, J. K. (1997). Still seeing red: How the Cold War shapes the new American politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, p. 74.

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R.Michael Fisher December 29, 2016 at 11:07pm

The story goes, if we know some facts, that "fearism" was first coined in 1992, five years before myself and seven years before Subba. The history of the first coining of the term fearism is still being researched, though to the best of my knowledge Desh Subba is third to coin the term in 1999 worldwide, and yet he's likely first to coin it in the East (as bhayabad). He is first to coin "philosophy of fearism." In the West, according to Fisher (2016)-chapter 4 in Philosophy of Fearism: A First East-West Dialogue: "Since writing this co-authored book it appears I used the term ["fearism"] the first time in an unpublished book ms. in 1997 (Spectrum of 'Fear'). In this first use known by anyone (except White (1997). He used it like I do in Technical Paper No. 51..." (excerpt quote from Fisher & Subba, 2016, p. 128). In all likelihood, historically White (1997) is the first to have cited the term "fearism" which happens to be taken from a quote made five years earlier by Tony Hiss, who wrote a piece in The New Yorker (Nov. 16, 1992, p. 106). White (1997, p. 74) wrote, "[President] Reagan's action earned him the enmity of Hiss's son Tony, who wrote in 1992: 'Terrorism has a horrible effect on countries, but so, in its own way, does a kind of low-grade [chronic] fearism.'" I am still trying to research this history further for details and have not seen, for e.g., White's book I can only find in its digital incomplete form on the Internet and The New Yorker magazine archive is only accessible through paid subscription.

What is most interesting in this history of the evolution of the term "fearism" is that all three of the above authors coined it independently of the other knowing it was being used, and equally interesting it comes from 3 different countries: White (USA), Fisher (Canada) and Subba (Nepal). From the perspective of universal consciousness of Oneness, there is no need to worry about who coined the term "fearism" first. From the perspective of historical consciousness of the Many, it is evident that fearism arose in consciousness in the 1990's is very much in correlation to my own research that shows the "culture of fear" concept was being coined in the mid-to-late 1990s for the first time and everyone (more or less) was starting to feel or sense that "fear" was going to be very important in the world's history, and this was even before 9/11, 2001 when "culture of fear" really exploded on the world's scene.

References:

Fisher, R. M. (1997). Spectrum of 'fear'. Unpublished ms., p. 263.

White, J. K. (1997). Still seeing red: How the Cold War shapes the new American politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, p. 74.

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