There is much to learn, much to like, much to ponder, and a few things to question in this slender, full-to-the-brim volume. To some degree, it feels as though its author, Robert Stolorow, has provided us a majestic coda to a long symphony—his exploration of intersubjectivity, trauma, and related subjects over many years—in which a few grand themes from previous movements return with crystal clarity and emotional conviction. The title itself has a kind of Mahlerian sweep—World, Affectivity, Trauma—that turns out to come directly from Heidegger, the Other with whom Stolorow is in deep conversation.

In his first sentence, Stolorow announces his aim here: “to show how Heidegger's existential philosophy enriches post-Cartesian psychoanalysis and how post-Cartesian psychoanalysis enriches Heidegger's existential philosophy” (p. 1). These two systems of thought, he argues, share a deep connection in three ways: they are each centrally concerned with the