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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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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New York
Fordham University Press
2019
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Electronic books
B Risk-taking (Psychology) |
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| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9780823285440 |
| Résumé: | 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 |