Birthday:
April 18
To my colleague, I celebrate his work on fear, fearism, and his acknowledgement of the "fearless path" (I often call, "path of fearlessness")...
International Journal of Fear Studies
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches
Call for Papers and Creative Submissions:
Theme ISSUE: “Living and Learning in Pandemic Times”
Submissions Due Aug. 1, 2020 for the 4th issue of IFJS.
Covid…
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches
Call for Papers and Creative Submissions:
Theme ISSUE: “Living and Learning in Pandemic Times”
Submissions Due Aug. 1, 2020 for the 4th issue of IFJS.
Covid…
"Welcome to the Fearlessness Movement ning, looking forward to what brought you here and your interests... btw lovely background photo of the Pyramids...
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Psychoanalyst Otto Rank made this argument... existential anthropologist Ernest Becker picked up on it and emphasized the second half of the dialect (leading to discovery of Terror Management Theory)...but, as Daniel Liechty, social work professor a…
"...the [research] findings show that how we choose to deal with our fear, critically depends on our cultural worldview" - Bobby Azarian (2020)
"We have an existential threat on our hands, our Left-Right divide, I believe, is by far the most import…
"We have an existential threat on our hands, our Left-Right divide, I believe, is by far the most import…
Because I am a professional educator per se, it has always struck me how far behind the field of Education (and schooling) is, just about everywhere in the world, when it comes to advancing the notion of "fear management" and, what I prefer to call…
"Thaddeus, welcome to the Fearlesship... my metaphor for the means, and aims and 'voyage' to explore the depths of what fear, fearlessness can mean for us today.... look forward to your inputs. "
This film "End Game 2050" (by Ochoa) like so many films, that now are part of the weaponry of fear, for use as "environmentalism" and emergency "teaching purposes... I have long been a critic of this kind of work that is itself "dangerous" ...
"Welcome Ramez, we at the Fearlessness Movement ning community look forward to hearing of your interests; also, congratulations, you are the 100th member to sign up.
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"CK, you raise good questions. And, I am like you cautious of over-reductionistic (inflationism) re: fear as the 'total' and only motivation of interest in our inquiries. I prefer to talk about an "ecology of fear" as a foundational motivational comp…"
"RCGC, yes, I think much could be gained by investigating Schopenhaer and Nietzsche re: fearism. I have done a few preliminary papers on Schopenhauer and fear and fearless standpoint theory:
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Since I put some ideas (a model of sorts) out there on the FM ning in 2016, not much anywhere is being written or published on "feariatry" (Desh Subba's concept) one of the pillar branches spinning generally from a philosophy of fearism (and fearolo…
"PS, thanks for taking time to respond to my challenge. Overall, I feel a bit more clear as to your 'attitude' to knowledge and diverse philosophies and perspectives, so I feel less a conviction that you are taking or bouncing off extremes in your pr…"
The philosophy of fearism (a la Subba et al.) is a great foundation, and still needs a lot of work (thanks to all of you working on that). However, if the idea of having fear and its role recognized as central in mediating human affairs throughout h…
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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: