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This is a dazzling book, drawing as it does on a great range in philosophy, history, and psychoanalysis, bringing together things often kept separate. It is of considerable value for the clinical analyst and for anyone with sociopolitical interests. A full accounting of its complexities is beyond a review. Rather, I found, the thing to do is to introduce the book, show what charms it holds for the reader, and urge us on to its more serious digestion in the reading.
The author was given a fine metaphor for this work, having suddenly lost hearing in one ear and undergoing a long process of learning to hear using a cochlear implant. She makes quick work of the distinction between listening and hearing: listening is the act of attention, hearing the resulting inflow.
The reader will be richly rewarded hearing Orange's explanations of the intersections of psychoanalysis, philosophy (especially ethics and phenomenology), and history, all organized around the concept of radical ethics. I understand her overarching definition of this to be valuing the other as much as or more than the self. This is probably the book's organizing principle, though it takes some thoughtful penetration to see how that works. Per Orange, psychoanalysis is about learning to hear silenced voices in the unconscious, which requires not only technique, but an attitude of