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A Note to the Reader the title of this book, bold though it may seem to some, is not intended simply as another stinging rebuke to Freudians. It is true that if I did not believe that Freud could be unseated, and unseated in an even more comprehensive and conclusive manner than he has been yet,...

(one)The Rules About the RulesMY first lesson in integrity came the hard way. It was I960 or thereabouts and I was a first-grader at P.S. 129 in Harlem. The teacher had us all sitting in a circle, playing a game in which each child would take a turn donning a blindfold and then trying to identify...

PreßaceEach time the query is put forward, I pause and ponder. The question jis simple enough, asked by neighbors, relatives, friends, my children, and even passing strangers"What are you working on?" They rightly expect a clearly phrased reply. Yet invariably I falter: How can I extract from the...