Philosophy of Fearism (Desh Subba) and Some Applications for Philosophical Counseling

A new ‘Fear’ Studies is being called for today. Out of the rural lands of Nepal in the 1990s arose an important published novelist and poet with a philosophical interest in the nature of human behavior, focusing on motivation(s). His writer’s name is Desh Subba (1965-). Now living in Hong Kong, he is an organic-independent intellectual and founder of “philosophy of fearism” (e.g., Subba, 2014), which articulates a systematic speculative philosophy. It is a newer branch of existentialism, where “fear” is given central importance (e.g., over anxiety) and constituted in a unique E-W onto-epistemic way. Subba believes this radical philosophy provides a natural means for applications in various fields from the arts, humanities, sciences to the medical and caring fields. This article provides a first and basic introduction to this Subbaian fearism philosophy and some potential applications to philosophical counseling.