This is a view (depiction) of the evolutionary development schema of Fear Management Systems in the theory I work with based on value-memes (i.e., Spiral Dynamics integral)... each color identifies a whole different "worldspace" in which reality and…
"Everyone is afraid of something..." [publisher's tag line] is the way this new book series is pitched for teens. Fiction yes, and reality also yes? I think so. Gitty Daneshvari (2009). School of Fear (NY: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) caug…
International Journal of Fear Studies
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches
Call for Papers and Creative Submissions:
Dr. R. Michael Fisher, Ph.D., founder/editor of IJFS, has set the wheels in motion for a first edition of an on-line…
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches
Call for Papers and Creative Submissions:
Dr. R. Michael Fisher, Ph.D., founder/editor of IJFS, has set the wheels in motion for a first edition of an on-line…
This Figure is my latest mapping of my own evolution of thought, philosophizing and theorizing about Love and Fear ... and, right to my latest version (Trialectic-Upgrade) which has emerged from my reading of Moreno's (1971/77) book (see my blog bel…
Book by Francisco Jose Moreno (1971/77)
I appreciate being notified of this book by Dr. Randy Auxier, philosopher at SIUC, as he informed me that he was reading Moreno and found the first two chapters to be all about fear at the base of the human co…
I appreciate being notified of this book by Dr. Randy Auxier, philosopher at SIUC, as he informed me that he was reading Moreno and found the first two chapters to be all about fear at the base of the human co…
"Dr. Randy Auxier responds to this blog:
Thanks Michael. Yes, it has been a bit of a shock to learn how many of my friends are so easily dominated by their fears. It isn't exactly about courage or cowardice, it's more complicated than that. I think…"
Thanks Michael. Yes, it has been a bit of a shock to learn how many of my friends are so easily dominated by their fears. It isn't exactly about courage or cowardice, it's more complicated than that. I think…"
"I really appreciate Randy's (Green political) view here... and that he has been supportive of my work for a few years as well. He really drills down to the core of what he learned about our times-- "they vote with their solar plexus, the home of the…"
I recently found this image (as Halloween, or 'Day of the Dead' or Hallomas or Samhain) on the internet. The title was provocative and speaks to the concept of which this blog is all about: that is, the proposition (if not theory) that the basic cor…
My latest video "Fear(ism): Philosophy Along the Difficult Path"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZCeS_uAgzs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZCeS_uAgzs
The top quote I found on a big sign hanging over the cash register in my local pharmacy the other day as I awaited my heart med prescription being filled. I was astounded at the blatant fear-appeal advertising. Earlier at my regular doctor's appoint…
"As I listen to very recent interviews with Moore, I think the following comment by him really gets "right on" the point I have often critiqued Moore on:
[nothing will really change in America no matter who leads as president because] "...there's so…"
[nothing will really change in America no matter who leads as president because] "...there's so…"
In 2004 (one year after my dissertation on "Fearless Leadership") I was interviewed on Canadian national (CBC) Radio by one of the top program hosts (Shelagh Rogers). The live 18 min. interview (her in Toronto and me in Vancouver) is historical and…
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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: