The life and courage of Samuel Nathan Gillian Jr., is something I could not ignore, when I first came across his work on fear in 2004. There are several other FM blogs on his work here you can search. I wanted to celebrate the book it took over 3 years to write on him, and hopefully I will write a second one as well which goes deeper into his philosophy and spirituality.
To order the book: https://www.peterlang.com/document/1348329
Now, for a good interview on Ernest Becker's ideas/theory of "terror" of existence motivating everything humans do, which includes the denial of that terror (as fear defense), go to:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852
[film entitled: "All Illusions Must Be Broken", of which I am looking forward to soon seeing it]
I share this interview on a film on Becker's work by Jeft Sewel. & Laura Dunn (2024). Why it is particularly important here is that Samuel N. Gillian Jr. is the one educator I know who gave such long and deep study of Becker's work and applied it to his own philosophy and pedagogy (i.e., the field of education)--but, sadly, Gillian is virtually unknown, and is ignored, and his time has come--thus, I wrote this book.
PURCHASE of Gillian's two books can be ordered through R. Michael Fisher (r.michaelfisher52@gmail.com), each of his original books, no longer in print, are excellent studies of his philosophy and approach to fear and teaching:
The Beauty of Fear (2002) -$20.00 US + shipping (est. 5-7 dollars?)...
Terrified by Education (2005) $20.00 US
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