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PSYCHOANALYSIS: THE IMPOSSIBLE PROFESSION by Janet Malcolm; Knopf; 174 pages...
...these reasons alone, one would have to agree with Janet Malcolm, a staff writer for The New Yorker, that psychoanalysis is "the impossible profession." Her artful, illuminating survey of the field suggests an even stronger reason. After decades of popularizations and spinoffs, the talking cure appears to have trivialized the majesty of the unconscious. People once said that they were "in" psychoanalysis, meaning that they were committed to a long immersion. In a sense, they were writing their autobiographies. Now, people "go for" psychotherapy as they would go for a haircut, a walk in the park or Chinese food...
...VILLAGE VOICE, a leftist, hip New York paper, used to run a comic strip entitled MacDoodle St. In one episode, Malcolm Frazzle--the hero, a poet who wears his hair long and a beard--met some Wayne Newton fans. "Wayne Newton?" Frazzle asks. "I'd rather listen to the sound of wild boars being vivisected by a psychotic neurosurgeon." Might as well damn baseball as boring, or stock car racing as a waste of gasoline. Might as well drive off the interstate to search for authentic small-town restaurants, instead of stopping at McDonalds. Might as well laugh...
...Senator had abused his office by accepting a secret share in a Virginia titanium mine, attempting to obtain a $100 million loan for the venture, and promising to use his influence to secure government contracts for the mine and immigration papers for the bogus sheik. His conduct, said Chairman Malcolm Wallop, "was ethically repugnant to the point of warranting his expulsion...
...split into black and white factions by the fracas over rugby. The Australian Foreign Affairs Department even refused to grant the South Africans visas, forcing the team to take a lengthy detour via New York City and Los Angeles. Referring to the New Zealand rugby union, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said: "I suspect they do not understand the damage this could do to New Zealand. It is a very great pity indeed...