Samuel N. Gillian's Beckerian Educational Philosophy of Fear/Terror
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2020-07-08
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The author, who had been corresponding with Sam Gillian (2004-05), an important radical educator for our times, suggests it is time to re-evaluate Gillian’s offerings of a philosophy of fear/terror, which is primarily based on the work of Ernest Becker. The paper gives a brief biography and concentrates on the relevance of Gillian’s critical pedagogy, which is so far virtually unknown in the field of Education, especially in academia.
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Samuel Nathan Gillian, Ernest Becker, Otto Rank, education, terror, fear, critical pedagogy, fear education, fearlessness, existential philosophy
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Fisher, R. M. (2020). Samuel N. Gillian's Beckerian Educational Philosophy of Fear/Terror. Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. pp. 1-33.