37 FREUD OR FAUX AC GRAYLING T he appeal of psychoanalysis in the face of scientific scepticism owes much to Freud’s talented female patients and disciples.
Mind reading. Page 37
PORTRAIT 42 ERNST JUNGER DANIEL JOHNSON tracks the disputed intellectual journey o f Germany’s centenarian man of letters.
MY STORY 46 FULBRIGHT AND I ROBERT HAUPT recalls how he entered the Nixon generation.
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In my bearded phase. Page 46
BRIEFING 50 CLASS, MERIT AND OPPORTUNITY ANTHONY DWORKIN Is the consensus in favour of merit enough to create the society we want?
Happy birthday. Page 42
SPECIAL REPORT 54 POLITICS OF THE PIPELINE PAUL SAMPSON Access to oil is the key to war and diplomacy in the former Soviet Union.
REVIEWS 58 BIOGRAPHY MOVES ON KATHRYN HUGHES Biographers must acknowledge the lie at the heart of life-writing.
60 REVISING REVISIONISM DICK LEONARD Would Tony Crosland be a New Labour man?
62 BIOLOGY AND BILE STEVE JONES The story of the double helix remains one of the great thrillers of all time.
64 LORD SEROTA OF BANKSIDE CHARLES SAUMAREZ SMITH The curator who turned impresario should be m inister of culture.
65 A FRANCO-GERMAN DANCE DOUGLAS JOHNSON France still views its neighbour with admiration and apprehension.
67 WHY STAR WARS MATTERS CHRISTOPHER TOOKEY George Lucas's movie inspired a technical and creative explosion.
DIGEST 73 Leftwing snobs; Germany’s building site blues; a neurotic friendship.
REGULARS 4/70-1 LETTERS W ill Hutton on John Plender.
5 CURIOSITIES 6 MODERN MANNERS JEREMY CLARKE meets the Sheriff’s men at Fair Mile. 20 LETTER FROM ANTHONY BARNETT welcomes a republican monarchy.
41 THE PRISONER PETER WAYNE is sacked for offending Batt.
48 BUSINESS SUSAN GREENBERG is sacked for offending China.
49 STRICTLY PERSONAL FREDERIC RAPHAEL Antonioni tells a joke.
57 THE LIST 66 CHOICES 68 THE NET POSITION JOHN CARR Consumer power on the web.
69 BABEL RONALD DORE Making up stories. 72 THE LAB JOHN MADDOX P ro tecting nuclear workers.
78 CROSSWORD 79 BRUSSELS DIARY MANNEKEN PIS Europe’s feeble PR.
80 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS VALERIE MONCHI Normalising the Holocaust.
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