The Heel of Achilles: Essays 1968-1973

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Preface 1X THE HEEL OF ACHILLES The Urge to Self-destruction Rebellion in a Vacuum 20 Can Psychiatrists Be Trusted? 33 Life in 1980—The Rule of Mediocracy AI BOOKS IN REVIEW Sins of Omission 49 The Future, If Any 56 Going Down the Drain 62 Benighted Attitudes 67 The Naked Touch 72 Not by Hate Alone 77 Hypnotic Horizons 81 Anatomy of a Canard 87 The Abishag Complex 91 Prophet and Poseur 97 Telepathy and Dialectics 102 Wittgensteinomania 107 In Memory of A. D. Peters 112 NOTHING BUT Literature and the Law of Diminishing Returns 119 Science and Para-Science 138 Science and Reality 155 Solitary Confinement 158 EXCURSIONS AND PILGRIMAGES The Faceless Continent 171 Farewell to Gauguin 182 Marrakech 192 The Glorious and Bloody Game 206 1 Reflections of an addict 206 2 A requiem for Reykjavik 214 MAHATMA GANDHI—YOGI AND COMMISSAR A Re-valuation 235