In Praise of Risk

The original French edition of this work achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide. Weaving psychoanalytic case studies together with philosophical reflections, the text shows how risk is an essential property of life.

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.