Igniting a Fear Praxis for Teaching

R. Michael Fisher, Ph.D., is an artist, educator, lecturer and independent scholar who has coined the word "fearology." He is author of 15 books, including The Fearless Engagement of Four Arrows (Peter Lang, 2018) and The Marianne Williamson Presidential Phenomenon (Peter Lang, 2022). He lives and works in W. Canada.

I’ve followed Dr. Fisher's work for 20 years on the ways fear shapes our lives. He has emphasized by necessity our pressing gap in education, which his new book elaborates through the teachings of Samuel Gillian. We need to learn from this powerful force in shaping our collective futures. Dr. Fisher’s deep and thrilling work continues to outline both the theoretical dimensions of the issue and its impact on human capacities to live and thrive more sustainably together, with the many practical implications of the work for educators whether in schools, universities, politics, or workplaces. Importantly and timely, his work is even more required to guide us, as now we come face-to-face with intersecting global-local emergencies, in which our capacity to learn from fear will constitute a vital part of any potential solutions.Kent den Heyer, Ph.DProfessor & Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Social StudiesDepartment of Secondary EducationUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta Canada

• Acknowledgements – Preface – Introduction – Young People – Party of Freedom and Progress – The Other-Side – More or Less? – So I Thought – Still Gives You Chills – Higher Grounds-1 – Higher Grounds-2 – Higher Grounds-3 – Sobering Fearanalysis – Fear Wars-1 – Fear Wars-2 – Blazing a Solo Trail – Worse Than You – Fearless Psychology – Cannot Hide – Two and Two – Leaders – Index.