Molly Nesbit, in Art in America (Feb. 1986), 980 Madison Ave., New -. York, N.Y. 10021.
In 1926, when American artist Man Ray first published a photograph Eugene Atget, an unknown French photographer, Atget insisted: "Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make."
Today, Atget (1856-1927) is considered to be not only a leading docu- mentary photographer of the 20th century but also a significant artist. Nesbit, a Bamard art historian, argues that the two, seemingly contradic-...
Rudolf Arnheim. in American Scientist (Ian.-Feb. 1986), 345 Whitney Ave., New ~aven, Conn. 06511.
The visual landscape ofschizophrenics lies beyond the grasp of rational people. Their "cracked" minds, commented British psychiatrist R. D. Laing in 1965, "may let in light which does not enter the intact minds of many sane people."
A half century earlier, such thoughts occurred to Hans Prinzhom, a Heidelberg psychiatrist with a background in philosophy and art history. He collected...
"No Illusions: Israel Reassesses Its Chances for Peace" Thomas L. Friedman, in The New York Times Magazine (Jan. 26, 19861, 229 West 43rd St., New York, N.Y. 10036.
June 1986 marks a milestone in Israel's history. The Israelis will have
possessed the West Bank of the River Jordan for as long as they lived
without it-19 years.
Israel took control of the West Bank after its victory over Egypt, Syria, and Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War. Since then, the fate of the captured territory...
Western diplomats and Israelis alike for an "ultimate solution." Yet their grand designs have led, so far, to no solution.
"Racial Conflict in Britain' David Winder, in
@ 's The Journal of the Institute for Socioeconomic
Studies (Winter 1986), Airport Rd., White
Plains, N.Y. 10604.
Once the hub of an expanding empire, Britain today is having trouble absorbing newcomers from the Asian, African, and Caribbean territories it formerly ruled.
Last summer, frustrations over economic...
Pierre Papazian, in The Midwest Quarterly (Winter 1986), Pitts- burg State Univ., Pittsburg, Kans. 66762-5889.
In January 1973, Gourgen Yanikian assassinated the Turkish Consul and Vice-consul in Los Angeles. Yanikian claimed revenge for the massacre of roughly one million fellow Armenians (half the total Armenian population) Ottoman Turks in 1915.
Since 1973, at least 41 Turkish diplomats and officials have been slain in more than 200 attacks worldwide. The worst came in July 1983, when Armenian...
public agencies and private institutions
"Mexico in Crisis." ..
Foreign Policy Institute of the School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. 17 pp. $3.95. Author: Bruce Bagley
On January 3,1986, President Ronald Rea- gan and President Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico met for their fourth "Border Sum- mit," at Mexicali, Mexico. Both leaders waxed optimistic. Reagan praised de la Ma- drid's "strenuous efforts" to deal...
Michael Mandelbaum, and "Lost Opportunities" Charles William Maynes, in Foreign Affairs (Soecial Issue 1985). 58 East 68th St.. New ~ork,N.Y. 10021.
Five years into Ronald Reagan's presidency, some observers have begun to suspect that the popular Chief Executive is just plain lucky.
Among them is Mandelbaum, research director of the Lehrman Insti- tute in Manhattan. Owing as much to good fortune as to good politics, the Reagan administration has pursued what he calls "the most successful...
Michael Mandelbaum, and "Lost Opportunities" Charles William Maynes, in Foreign Affairs (Soecial Issue 1985). 58 East 68th St.. New ~ork,N.Y. 10021.
Five years into Ronald Reagan's presidency, some observers have begun to suspect that the popular Chief Executive is just plain lucky.
Among them is Mandelbaum, research director of the Lehrman Insti- tute in Manhattan. Owing as much to good fortune as to good politics, the Reagan administration has pursued what he calls "the most successful...
William J. Breman, Jr., in The Pennsylvania Gazette (Feb. 1986), Univ. of Pa., 3533 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104.
Justice Brennan, known for forging majorities during the Supreme Court's liberal era under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-69), has become a mi-nority voice under Warren Burger.
During the last five years, the 80-year-old Brennan has often publicized
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his opposition to the High Court majority's view of the death p...
judges on a panel deliver individual rulings), adopted the practice of issuing the Court's judg- ment in a single, presumably unanimous, opinion. Not surprisingly, Mar- shall's innovation did not please his fellow justices. 1805, the Court allowed formal dissents back into the official proceedings.
To Breman, the salient virtue of a dissenting opinion is its capacity to "ripen" into a majority opinion-no matter how long such maturation may take. In the case of Justice John Harlan's objection...