Cultural Theorist Jean Gebser Meets a Fearologist
Date
2020-10-17
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In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute : Calgary, AB.
Abstract
The author, a fearologist, reviews his own engagement with the work of cultural historian and theorist Jean Gebser (1905-1970), and then offers evidence of how important fear (and anxiety) are in the work of Gebser’s epochs of history and development of consciousness in our species. The author suggests that more studies will reveal just how important Gebser’s work is to finding our way today in the midst of the decline of one epoch in transition (‘birth pains’) to become another epoch that finally has the potentially to truly not be motivated by fear as the primary driver.
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Keywords
fearology, Jean Gebser, Ken Wilber, Starhawk, Four Arrows, Barbara Bickel, Desh Subba, fear education, fear management, cultural evolution, memes
Citation
Fisher, R. M. (2020). Cultural Theorist Jean Gebser Meets a Fearologist, Technical Paper No. 114. In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute, Calgary AB. pp. 1-36.