The World's Fearlessness Teachings: A Critical Integral Approach to Fear Management/Education for the 21st Century

by R. Michael Fisher

Overview

The World's Fearlessness Teachings addresses the human fear problem in a truly unique and insightful way, summarizing the teachings on fearlessness from around the world and throughout history. The author then utilizes critical integral theory (a la Wilber) as an approach to categorize the developmental and evolutionary spectrum of fear management systems known thus far. The author has spent twenty years researching the timely topic of fear and how to best manage and transform it. From this experience, he offers an educational healing vision to address the challenges of a dangerous 21st century. Fear's empire has taken rule. It is time to resist it using the best intelligence from both sacred and secular traditions, as well as the transformational theories humanity has to offer. Fisher maps out ten fear management systems that will benefit future-positive leaders everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761849155
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	11/16/2009
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

R. Michael Fisher is a self-proclaimed postmodern fearologist with graduate degrees in rehabilitation studies, adult education and curriculum philosophy and design. He currently researches, writes, and consults as a private human development consultant.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Figures
Chapter 2 Foreword
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgements
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 1. Do We Really Want a Fearlessness (R)Evolution?
Chapter 7 2. Fear Management Systems Theory: A Critical Integral Approach
Chapter 8 3. World's Fearlessness Teachings: Managing the Human Fear Problem
Chapter 9 4. Education as Life-long Learning: Do We Really Want to Raise Fearless Children?
Chapter 10 5. Unifying the Fearlessness Movement: Educational Implications for a New Activist Agenda
Chapter 11 References Cited
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

This book is an important one. I'll not teach a curriculum theory class without it in the future.

Clifford Mayes

I found [Fisher's] dilineation of the historical and theoretical contexts of "teaching fearlessness" affirming. They provide a strong staging area for discussion on the role of fear and emotional intelligence in transformational learning.

Mary O'Hara

This book is an important one. I'll not teach a curriculum theory class without it in the future.

Clifford Mayes Ph.D