(University of Illinois Press) Through a series of 12 interviews, Dufourmantelle, a psychoanalyst and philosopher, engages in a conversation with Ronell, a literary and cultural theorist. Ronell reflects on her own thinking, her work, and her field, while Dufourmantelle shows what psychoanalysis has to add to contemporary thought. Ronell is a University professor of the humanities and a professor of German, English, and comparative literature at New York University.