Issue 67
October 2001
Contents
The Mona Lisa
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Mona Lisa destroys the idea that art in the age of mechanical reproduction has lost its aura.
Terror and television
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Re-living the day when made-for-television terrorism was born
Strategy for terror
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The spectacular assault on the US has underlined the irrelevance of most American foreign policy priorities-especially NMD. It also draws attention to the need to understand Muslim extremism and to cultivate allies in the Muslim world to help combat it, which will require a new Israel policy
Evolutionary left
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Help may be at hand for the intellectual left from an unlikely source; Darwinian evolutionary psychology
Liberal anti-racism
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Positive discrimination is nearly defunct in America, so why should it work over here?
China and freedom
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Capitalism and authoritarianism can co-exist. Look at 19th century Germany or Japan
The next empire
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Empire may not be such a dirty word. A co-operative form of it may be the end point of the European idea
Bi-polar Britain
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We will stand "shoulder to shoulder" with America in the fight against terror, but Britain cannot be a bridge across the Atlantic
The Lab
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After the success of the genome, scientists have got carried away with the study of 'omics. They all want 'omes of their own
Widescreen
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It's a curious ritual: the British media complaining about British films, not because they lack quality or ideas, but because of misconstrued box office figures
Salvaging Ezra Pound
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The whipping boy of western poetry deserves better
Sebald's fog
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With his Gothic meanderings and limp mimicry of Kafka, this unlikely darling of high European style is merely lost in an English cul-de-sac
Manchester blues
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How can a Manchester City supporter come to terms with the global brand that is Manchester United?
What is a liberal society?
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Does a liberal society require anything more from its citizens than respect for the law?
The not so noble savage
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An indiscriminate attack on the cult of the primitive is redeemed by some disrespect for Isaiah Berlin
Previous convictions
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It was my first time on the telly. Humiliated by Anne Robinson, I was the "weakest link." I used to think quiz shows were for other people. Now I know they are