2023 | Issue 6: The world is scary. Fear makes the world. Archives

We are still here
- Editorial
Figuremergenti returns to the web after a three-year hiatus. Our last outing was in 2019. The following year, the pandemic erupted, ushering in a period of change, transformation, and, for many, also of pain and tragedy.
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The World Is Scary. Fear Shapes the World.
- Practice and Theory
Fear, the phenomenon we address in this issue of the magazine, is directly linked to the hardening of our physical, mental, relational, and social boundaries.
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When Fear Fragments the Self: Gestalt Therapy for Traumatic Experiences
- Sexuality and beyond
This study of traumatic experiences is based on the Gestalt Therapy model, in particular the Contact Cycle theory and the theory of the Self.
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Fragile scared warriors
- Practice and Theory
In light of research and events in recent years, many argue that our impact on the world, on “our” world, will soon lead to upheavals that will radically change our lives. The alarm has been raised, but no one seems to take it seriously…
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The Emotional Teacher is an Effective Teacher: Transforming Emotions into Online English Teaching.
- Experiences
Teaching is both a caring and a relational profession. It is therefore a profession where emotions play a fundamental role.
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Phenomenological variations on fear
- Roots
A great repressed fact of Western culture, we are reluctant to speak of fear because, since ancient times, we have tended to think that it derives from our own shortcomings, from an insufficient exercise of virtue, from a weakness that we have not been able to transform into courage and pride.
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Interview with Carla Martinetto
- Interviews
L’intervista verte a ricercare un approfondimento sulla tematica della paura nel campo della psichiatria ad indirizzo fenomenologico-esistenziale.
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Giorgio Bianchi, Governare con il terrore
- Reviews and Perspectives
Propaganda and power in the age of globalized information
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Fear: An Evolutionary Perspective
- Developmental age
Emotions represent a sensory, immediate, and precognitive channel for understanding, responding, and communicating with others about environmental phenomena. Each emotion, therefore, has its own meaning and function.
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Fear demands a response! Experiences and reflections in Gestalt Counseling
- Practice and Theory
Le emozioni sono reazioni affettive intense con insorgenza acuta e di breve durata determinate da uno stimolo ambientale.
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