In Praise of Risk

This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challenges the psychic work the modern world devotes to avoiding risk. Weaving psychoanalytic case studies together with philosophical reflections, Dufourmantel...

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Main Author: Dufourmantelle, Anne (Author)
Contributors: Miller, Steven (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Fordham University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Further subjects:B Electronic books
B Risk-taking (Psychology)
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780823285440
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Summary:This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challenges the psychic work the modern world devotes to avoiding risk. Weaving psychoanalytic case studies together with philosophical reflections, Dufourmantelle shows how risk is an essential property of life, one that requires our embrace.
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ISBN:0823285472