Tzvetan Todorov is one of Europe's leading intellectuals. Beyond his work in cultural and literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis, Todorov's influence is extraordinarily far-reaching specifically because of the clarity of his writing and his refusal to be bound by systems of thought and disciplinary straitjackets. Todorov's many writings include "The Poetics of Prose, " "The Conquest of America, Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle, " "Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps, " "On Human Diversity, Hope" and "Memory, Imperfect Garden: Lessons from the Twentieth Century and The New World Disorder: Reflections of a European." "Duties and Delights" presents a series of interviews with Tzvetan Todorov which illuminate the paths that he has taken, the paths that he has crossed and the paths that he has opened up for others.