This is a book that suffers from an excess of erudition. While the author definitely has a lot to say, her often long and convoluted sentences are made even more so by the constant addition of parenthetical remarks - remarks usually made to demonstrate that the author has read everything available on the topic at hand. However, if you are of a philosophical bent and don't mind reading and re-reading individual sentences to glean their meaning (and what student of philosophy hasn't taught himself to do that!), I would definitely recommend this book.