In Praise of Risk by Anne Dufourmantelle HARDBACK 9780823285457

In Praise of Risk\nby Anne Dufourmantelle\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Anne Dufourmantelle\nTitle: In Praise of Risk\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Philosophy of mind\nPublisher: Fordham University Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9780823285457\nISBN-10: 0823285456\nRRP: \u00A399.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis 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.\n\nThis book, who.