Philosophy of Fearism

About the Book

This book is about a new philosophy that takes a specific focus on see the critical historical and everyday importance of the nature and role of fear in human existence. We seem to be at a time when fear has taken the lead and we are not yet able to understand it and manage it well enough. It is causing major problems from wars, to terrorism, to deterioration of our institutions which are operating in a culture of fear. Our health is deteriorating under the excess of fear in the world today. No other philosophy, not rationalism, existentialism or pragmatism etc., has given this focus to fear as does the philosophy of fearism. It is an original synthesis of an Eastern philosophy of fearism (developed by Desh Subba, from Nepal) and a Western philosophy of fearlessness (developmed by R. Michael Fisher). The book brings forth their unified vision of a Fearless Age that awaits humanity if we better learn how to manage fear and teach about it with a new lens. Subba calls this a fearist lens, and Fisher calls it a fearlessness lens. Together, working independently for the past 20 years, they each have recently met to collaborate on this global project and movement as "one philosophy of fearism." This is an essential text for leaders, students, parents, professionals and diverse people. Although it is not a self-help book, is goes deeper into helping our entire societies transform their relationship to fear and fearlessness. A must read for those who love philosophy and thinking critically about the 21st century.

About the Author

R. Michael Fisher, Ph.D., was born and raised in Canada, and is currently living in the USA with his life-partner. He is a researcher, educator, counselor, artist and integral human development consultant with over 25 years experience studying fear and fearlessness and their role in society, especially in education. He has published many monographs, book chapters and journal articles dedicated to improving the quality of life. In 1989 he founded the In Search of Fearlessness Project and has founded several organizations since that time. He is currently Director of the Center for Spiritual Inquiry and Integral Education. His opus work, published in 2010, is The World's Fearlessness Teachings: A Critical Integral Approach to Fear Management/Education for the 21st Century. Desh Subba is a philosopher, novelist and poet. He was born in Dharan, in the eastern part of Nepal in 1965 and currently lives with his family in Hong Kong. He started Philosophy of Fearism as a literary movement in 1999 with his fiction and in 2011 with the line poem. He’s published four novels in Nepali. His third novel Aadibashi is recently published in English, entitled The Tribesmen's Journey to Fearless. In this novel he experiments with the Philosophy of Fearism in literature. He has received three book awards in 2015: National Indie Excellence Awards (winner), International Book Awards (finalist) and New York Book Festival Award (honorable mention). He continues to write while speaking at universities, like Hong Kong University and elsewhere about Fearism. He the leading fearism spokesperson in the East, and co-founder of the Fearism Study Center (2009-) in Dharan, Nepal.