Fear is Social

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, R. M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-14T18:57:53Z
dc.date.available2021-02-14T18:57:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-12
dc.description.abstractThe author believes that one of the greatest resistances to the advancement of his conception of a new branch called ‘Fear’ Studies (Fisher, 2006) is the problem of reductionism in people’s imaginary and thinking. It is not just a resistance they have to seeing fear is social, but that they seem to fear that it is the case. In this paper the author summarizes a brief history of his work in moving fear from the reductionistic, positivistic, individualistic, materialistic philosophies and paradigms that have largely prevented a qualitative shift in how we see what Fear is about—that is, that Fear is Social. He discusses some of the social implications of this needed shift and the resistances to it that keep feeding the global Fear Problem. He links the issue of “social pathologies” with fear.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFisher, R.M. (2021). Fear is Social (Technical Paper N. 122). In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113096
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38643
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Education
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionIn Search of Fearlessness Research Instituteen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnical Paper No. 122en_US
dc.rightsUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectsociologyen_US
dc.subjectsocial theoryen_US
dc.subjectemotionsen_US
dc.subjectfearen_US
dc.subjectfearlessnessen_US
dc.subjectsocial pathologiesen_US
dc.subjectsocial philosophyen_US
dc.subjectsocializationen_US
dc.titleFear is Socialen_US
dc.typetechnical reporten_US
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