In Praise of Risk Robyn Yale Speaking to a youthful academic

Speaking to a youthful academic audience

D'Elia demonstrates the rich variety of ways in which people made sense of this living “monster

feared the consequences of placing control of education in the hands of a single group and supported the separation of school and state

Strains of Discord: Studies in Literary Openness

Although known for its gold production

In Praise of Risk Robyn Yale Speaking to a youthful academicThis 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. When Anne Dufourmantelle drowned in a heroic attempt to save two