Issue 71
February 2002
Contents
Are we more than the sum of our memories?
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Are we more than the sum of our memories?
The cult of Castells
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Do Manuel Castells's grand theories deserve their grand reputation?
A Chinese diary
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
It is my first visit to China since 1993 and the place seems a lot more relaxed-both politically and emotionally.
By intuition alone
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Now near the end of his work, the Nobel prize winner reflects on his early childhood in Trinidad
Europe's law
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
The growing together of common law and code law systems is an unsung success story of the new Europe
Latin realism
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
The current crisis in Argentina highlights Latin America's mixed experience with globalisation and liberalism. But there is little support for modern-day Che Guevaras
Paradoxes of painting
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
The perceived possibilities of photography and postmodern art have killed painting. Still, it's a great time to be a painter
A new strategy for cancer
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
The advent of genetic medicine has so far made little difference in the battle against cancer. In fact, despite advances in treating leukaemia and breast cancer, little overall progress has been made since the early 1970s. A new strategy is needed.
Do I own myself?
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Hang on to your old body parts-they might be worth something.
Sense on segregation
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Segregation along class, racial or religious lines is inevitable and will happen even in tolerant, liberal societies like Britain.
Islamic failure
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
One of Pakistan's leading scientists gives a frank account of the political and intellectual backwardness of the Islamic world.
Television's hidden history
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
We cannot study television classics like literary ones. They're locked away in inaccessible archives
Slaying Buffy
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
It is hard for intellectuals analysing popular culture to retain a sense of proportion
The authentic Turk
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Istanbul straddles Islam and Europe. Novelist Orhan Pamuk explains how
Flaccid French letters
20th February 2002 — Issue 71
Julian Barnes's nostalgia for lost Gallic virtues pleases both the French and the English