Dufourmantelle, Anne
In Praise of Risk
- ISBN 13:
- 9780823285440
- author:
- Dufourmantelle, Anne
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
In Praise of Risk by Anne Dufourmantelle
This thought-provoking book offers a critique of our modern world's tendency to avoid risk, instead exploring how it can be an essential part of living. The author weaves together philosophical reflections and clinical case histories to examine the everyday fears, traumas, and resistances that therapy addresses.
Dufourmantelle's work challenges Western philosophy, psychoanalysis, ethics, and politics by questioning their reliance on sacrifice. Instead, she discovers a future beyond annihilation in the unconscious, providing a much-needed celebration of the risks that define what it means to live.
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