Thanatos & Phobos: 'Fear' and its Role in Ken Wilber's Transpersonal Theory

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2012

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In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute

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Wilber's transpersonal conceptualization of Thanatos and Phobos are interpreted as two patterns of 'fear' in development and evolution. It is suggested by Wilber's model and this author, that these 'fear' forces may be the source of the processes of pathology that undermine and derail evolutionary progress.

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First Edition 1997, Second Edition 2012

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fear, 'fear', Thanatos, Phobos, love

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Fisher, R. M. (2012). Thanatos & Phobos: 'Fear' and its Role in Ken Wilber's Transpersonal Theory (Technical Paper No.4, 2nd ed.). Calgary, AB: In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute. .

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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110003

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