Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The book Philosophy of Fear is a philosophical compass developed to aid human overcome the limitations imposed on him by fear. The author recognizes two categories of fear (positive and negative) and blamed all forms of negative activities of human persons to negative category of fear, while he attributes all aspects of positive development to positive fear. The author further argues that since fear is fundamental to all beings, it ought to be given its philosophical brand name, and that is philosophy of fear or fearism. He believes that fearism, as a school of thought, will offer an expanding opportunity into the study of fear. In suggesting a workable methodology to the solution to fear problems, the author adopted unification and complementary approaches, where fear and fearless (the opposite) are investigated in a unified and complementary manner to have a complete knowledge about fear. He uses love and courage as paradigm for decision-making within the framework of fear. These interpretative and explanative guides into the study of fear, and if followed, can help human person overcome all forms of negative fear, which had been identified in this book as an impediment to human development. The book is a must read for all those who want to use fear positively to confront their existential challenges.