Dr. Christopher Bollas, psychoanalyst-theorist
In 2016 the internationally renowned British (and American) psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas (one of my fav. of this school of psychology) has given an excellent lecture on "Mental Pain" and offers his…
In 2016 the internationally renowned British (and American) psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas (one of my fav. of this school of psychology) has given an excellent lecture on "Mental Pain" and offers his…
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I am inviting any new students out there to apply for The Fearology Institute Course TFI-118 "Expanding the Fear Imaginary". If you want to learn more about TFI just enter "The Fearology Institute" into the search box on the front of the FM ning h…
"A Fearlessness Package, a Fearlessness Manifesto, and Fearlessness basic Introductory Presentation (for the masses), are callings I have long desired and attempted off and on in my career and leadership. Mark has placed an excellent set of concrete…"
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"Brian,
I read your "Showing Up!" article, thanks for sending. I have always appreciated your persistence as a life-long learner and with all the challenges of real barriers to surviving in an injust society, which you have done so well and with dig…"
I read your "Showing Up!" article, thanks for sending. I have always appreciated your persistence as a life-long learner and with all the challenges of real barriers to surviving in an injust society, which you have done so well and with dig…"
"I'm very grim, and down and out," says Emeritus professor Cornel West in a recent interview. He was responding to Anderson Cooper's (CNN host) about the current Trump rally in the US and people chanting to "send her home" referring to a Congress Wo…
The eco-fear signs are getting very provocative... re: Climate Crisis (activism)... this sign is one of the the most overt I've seen come from activists on the street. One one hand it is a good thing, and from a fearist perspective it is not a good…
In the physiological-biological quadrant of reality this is one way to understand these two meta-emotions (although, it is very partial)... Found this on a website...
US Presidential Candidate for Democratic Party, Marianne Williamson, whom I have written a lot about lately and in the past, is stunning many people with (in her words): "What I am seeking to do is to speak as authentically, as fiercely and as hones…
Part of the Fearlessness Movement is educational, involving learning where our knowledge of fear has originated in our culture, and other cultures and times. As a nice short example this teaching video (July 11, 2015) by philosopher Gregory B. Sad…
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Greta Thunberg (age 16) the Swedish climate activist, reminds me of Arthur Schopenhauer (age 16)-- as I have been reading AS's biographers and his letters and how he wanted to be a philosopher at that age and spoke his critical mind about human soci…
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Dr. R. Michael Fisher, fearologist, educator and philosopher, explores existentialist frameworks within a new and exciting imaginary that goes beyond traditional philosophical and existential pursuits--he does that by taking off with a not…
Dr. R. Michael Fisher, fearologist, educator and philosopher, explores existentialist frameworks within a new and exciting imaginary that goes beyond traditional philosophical and existential pursuits--he does that by taking off with a not…
Why panic... is that how to best manage fear?
So many articles using these kind of dramatic titles to steal attention... re: climate crisis etc.
We have to be critical and challenge this harmful pattern...
This is from New York Times (Feb. 2019)…
So many articles using these kind of dramatic titles to steal attention... re: climate crisis etc.
We have to be critical and challenge this harmful pattern...
This is from New York Times (Feb. 2019)…
Hello everyone. I'm pleased to announce here the IJFS second call .docx to the 2nd issue of the International Journal of Fear Studies.
I look forward to seeing your submissions.
I look forward to seeing your submissions.
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May you or some one could post a few Trekky quotes, my computer doesn't play linked videos right now, it's old and needs to go eventually)... hey, I did find a few quotes from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" tv series... here's just one (from "Nightmares" episode, n.d.)...
Buffy has encountered the Master Vampire (a horrific looking creature) and Master Vampire says to her: "Fear is a wonderful thing. It's the most powerful force in the world, not love, not hate, fear. We are defined by things we fear. But fear is in the mind. Like pain it can be controlled. If I can face my fear it cannot master me.... I am free because you [humans] fear it."
Hi Veronika,
Unfortunately, I agree completely. I guess we have to find 'rare' exceptions to the general trend and support them and study how they keep the "culture of fear" at-bay, more or less. Oh, I love watching movies too, thanks for the leads. My daughters likewise back in the day, were big fans of "Buffy" and there were some great episodes that were explicitly about fear, but sorry I wouldn't have a clue what they were. I did take notes and quotes a few times. I'll have to find those and post them.
Hello Michael:
There is plenty of fear around - on the ground in Europe and Middle East, not to mention the institutionalized fear that organizations including (especially?) educational organizations churn out and stew in. My daughters read and watch sci fi - especially from a generation or two past, and it is interesting how often fear dominates the scenarios. Here are a few examples: