Anne Dufourmantelle Explained
Anne Dufourmantelle (20 March 1964 – 21 July 2017) was a French philosopher and psychoanalyst.[1] [2] [3]
Education and career
Dufourmantelle was educated at Brown University and at Paris-Sorbonne University, where she earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1994.[4] She practised psychoanalysis and was a professor at the European Graduate School[5] and a contributor to the French daily newspaper Libération.[2]
Her philosophical work focused on risk taking, which she argued was essential, saying that "absolute security - like 'zero risk' - is a fantasy"[4] and that "[R]eal danger must be faced in order to survive".[6] Her book Éloge du risque or Praise of Risk was published in 2011.[4] Dufourmantelle was also a professor of psychoanalysis at The European Graduate School.[7]
Death
She died on July 21, 2017, at Pampelonne beach in Ramatuelle near the city of Saint-Tropez, while trying to rescue two children caught in the Mediterranean when the water became dangerously turbulent. The children were rescued by lifeguards and survived, but Dufourmantelle could not be resuscitated.[2] [4] [8] Dufourmantelle is survived by her partner Frédéric Boyer and three children.[9]
Honours
Dufourmantelle won the Prix Raymond de Boyer de Sainte-Suzanne from the Académie française in 1998.[4] [10]
Works
- De l'hospitalité, with Jacques Derrida, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1997
- La Vocation prophétique de la philosophie, Éditions du Cerf, 1998
- La Sauvagerie maternelle, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 2001, édition poche 2016
- Le Livre de Jonas, with Marc-Alain Ouaknin, Bayard, 2001
- Parcours : entretiens avec Anne Dufourmantelle, with Miguel Benasayag, Paris, Amazon Media, 2001
- Une question d'enfant, Paris, Bayard, 2002
- Blind Date : sexe et philosophie, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 2003
- Du retour : abécédaire biopolitique, A.Pandolfi, 2003
- Negri on Negri : in conversation, Taylor & Francis, 2004
- Procès Dutroux : penser l'émotion, Paris, ministère de la Communauté française, 2004
- American Philo, with Avital Ronell, Paris, éditions Stock, 2006
- La Femme et le Sacrifice : d'Antigone à la femme d'à côté, Paris, Denoël, 2007
- Fighting theory, with Avital Ronell, Université de l'Illinois Press, 2010
- Éloge du risque, Paris, Payot, 2011
- Dieu, l'amour et la psychanalyse, with Jean-Pierre Winter, Paris, Bayard Jeunesse, 2011
- Intelligence du rêve, Paris, Payot, 2012
- En cas d'amour : psychopathologie de la vie amoureuse, Paris, Rivages, 2012 ;
- Puissance de la douceur, Paris, Payot, 2013
- Se trouver, with Laure Leter, Paris, Jean-Claude Lattès, 2014 [11]
- L'Envers du feu, Paris, éditions Albin Michel, 2015
- Défense du secret, Éditions Payot, 2015
Notes and References
- News: Frémont. Anne-Laure. La philosophe Anne Dufourmantelle se noie en secourant des enfants. 24 July 2017. Le Figaro. 24 July 2017 . French .
- News: La philosophe et psychanalyste Anne Dufourmantelle se noie en secourant des enfants. 24 July 2017. Le Monde. 23 July 2017 . French . .
- News: Vécrin. Anastasia. Mort d'Anne Dufourmantelle, philosophe et psychanalyste en liberté. 24 July 2017. La Libération. 23 July 2017 . French.
- News: French philosopher Dufourmantelle drowns rescuing children . . 24 July 2017 . 25 July 2017 .
- News: Amy . Held . French Philosopher Who Promoted Risk-Taking Dies Attempting Water Rescue . . 24 July 2017 . 25 July 2017 .
- News: Gerretsen. Isabelle. French philosopher who said 'real danger must be faced in order to survive' drowns rescuing children. 24 July 2017. World. International Business Times. 24 July 2017.
- https://egs.edu/biography/anne-dufourmantelle%e2%80%a0/ Anne DufourmantelleProfessor of Psychoanalysis at The European Graduate School / EGS.
- News: O'Connor. Roisin. Anne Dufourmantelle dead: French philosopher who wrote book on risk-taking dies rescuing children. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/anne-dufourmantelle-dead-mort-french-philosopher-drowned-dies-saving-children-riviera-st-tropez-a7857206.html . 2022-05-07 . subscription . live. 24 July 2017. The Independent. 24 July 2017.
- News: 2017-08-07 . Anne Dufourmantelle, philosopher and psychoanalyst – obituary . 2024-05-23 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
- Web site: Prix Raymond de Boyer de Sainte-Suzanne. Académie française. 24 July 2017 . French.
- News: Comment réagir face à un pervers narcissique ? . . French . 1 April 2014 . with audio . 25 July 2017 .
