Trans Philosophism Is A Terminator
Desh Subba
Desh Subba was born in Nepal and lives in Hong
Kong. He has been writing various books in 'Philosophy of Fearism'. His book 'Trans
Philosophism' published in 2021. He is a founder of 'Philosophy of Fearism'. On
its base, several books and articles have been written. Bishwa Raj Adhikari has
interviewed him for Bishwa Darpan:
1. May we start the interview with the
introduction of your writings?
I am Desh Subba. I have written different genres
of literature. Since 1999, I have been concentrating on the 'Philosophy of
Fearism'. It took a long time to shape a philosophy. I researched; consulted
with professors and studied to support it. It was hard to find a clear outline.
In the beginning, Fearism was a matter of mocking concept because it was hard
to accept as philosophy. No one thought and heard such Fear+ism before. As for
them, fear was an average thought as others’ emotions. It was true in a sense.
It was the reason that it became a joke. It was not happening to me only. Most
of the philosophers faced such difficulties. In my experience, people learn a
piece of philosophy. A piece of learning cannot complete the learning process.
We cannot understand if we start from the middle. It is the same as watching a
movie after one minute or starting to read a book from the 2nd page.
When we miss the beginning, then we get lost somewhere. It is the trend of our
academic research and study. Suppose, somebody read Marxism and said I know
Marxism. At least to know Marxism needs to reach to Socrates and Plato because
thesis, antithesis, and synthesis came from Meno and 'The Republic'. Once Meno
asked Socrates,
Meno: "Can knowledge (virtue is written in
Wikipedia) learn and teach?"
Socrates: "Cannot because it exists within
us".
Meno: "How to draw it out?"
Socrates: "Through dialectic method."
He was talking about conceptual knowledge. Until the
synthesis, dialect must continue.
Similarly, word communism first came from Plato.
He used it in how to rule Athens. He said, "Ruler and warrior class are
not permitted to keep the private property because if they acquire private
property, they can be corrupted." He had a fear of
corrupting the state. In a social
measure, he preferred the communist system. We are playing a role like scholars
of Socrates. After conversing with scholars, he
said, "We do not know—neither the sophists, nor the orators, nor the artists, nor I—what the True, the Good, and the beautiful
are. But there is this difference between us: although they believe they know
something; whereas, I, if I know nothing, at least have no doubt about
it."
2. 'Philosophy of Fearism' is now widely read.
Can you explain it in the simplest form?
It is a philosophy as other philosophies. Its
primary subject is fear. It looks at life and the world on its basis. It is my
understanding; most of the influential philosophies have come from suffering,
pain, pleasure, happiness, will, desire, etc. Fear was left behind, even some
philosophers had given the place but it was negative, harmful, and secondary.
We (fearists) are giving full focus on it. Its major quotes are "life is
conducted, directed, and controlled by fear", and the "(Existence of)
fear precedes essence". At present, politics, economics, education,
healthcare, entertainment, and relation is conducted, directed, and controlled
by fear of Covid—19. It is very practical. It is not negative; it
is the most positive motivator. We see the fear of pandemic activated
government, scientists, and medicines. If it was not spread, it would not
require the invention of medicine, insulin and issue the laws. We are not
doing it just for Corona, we did since early civilization. The bottom line of
our invention, development, and construction is fear.
3. End of last year, your new book 'Trans
Philosophism' was published. Can you say some words about it?
It is a metamorphosis of 'Philosophy of Fearism'
in one sense and terminator in another sense. By name, if we go through,
it has four words Trans+Philo+sophy+ism=Trans Philosophism. It argues
that the later philosophies have to turn on 'Trans Philosophism' way. It
has operated, refuted, criticized, and fearmorphosed
(metamorphosed) the political theory of Thomas Hobbes, Communist Manifesto, Of
Grammatology of Derrida, postmodernism, the subaltern studies, ecological
crisis and Existentialism.
4. How can it be metamorphosis and terminator?
When the variant of philosophy comes that is a metamorphosis; if it strongly refutes and takes
into an advanced level that is the terminator. Das Capital is an offspring of
the Communist Manifesto. Several philosophies are in metamorphosis form. It is in
Communism, Existentialism, modernism, postmodernism, etc. Some parts of
Hegelian idealism (idea, or mind, or reason, spirit, or and Giest) is the
metamorphosis of Purush and Prakriti of Sankhya
philosophy. The spirit of Hegel and Purush
of Sankhya has a common base; it
has the potential to create matter. Similarly, the political theory of Hobbes,
Locke, and Rousseau is a kind of metamorphosis because their first form is the
state of nature. An animal is a living thing, so the same animal changes
in different forms. An idea needs to change through philosophers. We
cannot ignore the metamorphosis structure of the Communist Manifesto, Das
Capital, Leninism, Maoism, and some other communists. If we see in the context
of Nepal, there are plenty of metamorphosed offspring of communists. They are
metamorphoses in the 'Trans Philosophism' terminology. 'Trans Philosophism' is
a terminator because it terminates the previous meaning. In reality, fear is a
terminator. It terminates other emotions. To look from a fearism point of view
is fearmorphosis.
5. How is the development of Philosophy of
Fearism?
It is growing to the adolescence stage. It will
grow into teenagers and adults. On its base, almost 20 books and lots of
articles have been written. Trans Philosophism is among them. Dr. Bhawani
Shankar Adhikari has applied it in his Ph.D. dissertation. It is a healthy
symptom. In some books, I involved myself. Several universities have kept it in
reference lists. Within 8 years, its progress is zeal.
6. Do you have some words for readers?
It is my experience, if we want to learn
philosophy, we must go back to 570 BC, and nevertheless, we miss the page.
Around 600 BC is its beginning. As I said, reading from the 2nd page
misguides our knowledge.
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