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HKUL to hold book talk on “Philosophy of Fearism”

24 Mar 2015

 

Speaker:  Mr Desh Subba
Moderator:  Mr Dev Raj Rai (Radio host/ Education Activist)
Date :  26 March 2015 (Thursday)
Time :  6:30 - 8:00 pm
Venue :  Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language :  English
Registration: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2015_03.html

About the Speaker
Desh Subba is a philosopher, novelist and poet. He was born in Dharan, in the eastern part of Nepal and currently lives with his family in Hong Kong. In addition to starting fearism philosophy he has written four novels.

About the Book
Mr Desh Subba finds most people are fearful. Deciding to help humanity ease their fear, Subba shares the "Philosophy of Fearism" in an attempt to theorize fear that is applicable to both distinct and general philosophical purposes.

The first to coin the word, 'fearism', Subba imparts a study that deeply examines what is fear, its manifestation in humans and the ways how man can minimize it. A dictionary definition refers to fear as a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain and many more, whether the threat is real or imagined. As it is, Subba asserts that man is bombarded by fear everyday with news of wars, epidemics and violence. "The missing Malaysian airline, civil war in Iraq and Afghanistan, spreading of new viruses and economic crises are happening everyday in the present world. It horrifies people," Subba declares. "They want to escape from this fear. Fearism works as medicine for them." Working on the premise that fear is the most important consciousness in life; Subba uses the concept of fearism as a therapy for everyone who wants to get rid of fear in different applications including business, work and prestige.

Media Contact:  Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903