Cutrofello, a professor of philosophy at Loyola University, has done a great service for students of philosophy with this book. His guiding premise is that the fundamental problems of continental philosophy, as also of analytic philosophy, develop from out of the various "loose ends" left open by Kant's critical phlosophy and the various failed attempts to "resolve" Kantian dualisms. In this way, Cutrofello is able to connect diverse strands of continental philosophy through a historical and systematic narrative that is illuminating rather than reductive. While sometimes Cutrofello is a bit too schematic, and I sometimes feel as though he gives Spinoza and Nietzsche short shrift, this book is a remarkable resource for anyone who wishes to gain a sense for the "big picture" of continental thought.