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Contents

Vol. 29 No. 18   ·   20 September 2007

Simon Jenkins: Party Funding in Britain

Letters

Tony Judt, Thomas Laqueur, Arthur Chaskalson, Wim Trengove, R.W. Johnson, Lorna Scott Fox, Jonathan Marshall

Saartjie Baartman’s Ghost

Hilary Mantel: The New Apartheid

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  • The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight against Aids by Helen Epstein

Global Style

Hal Foster: Renzo Piano

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Depicting Europe

Perry Anderson

At the Movies

Michael Wood: Bergman and Antonioni

Short Cuts

Elisabeth Ladenson: Autofriction

Michael Wood on William James

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Dinah Birch on Pugin

Robert Crawford

Sanjay Subrahmanyam: India after Independence

Peter Campbell: Faith, Narrative and Desire

Che pasticcio!

Tim Parks: Carlo Emilio Gadda

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Simon Critchley: Alain Badiou

Andrew Saint: Foscolo’s Grave

Contributors

LRB cover artwork: Brown and red frame on yellow

Featured articles

Depicting Europe
Perry Anderson

Saartjie Baartman’s Ghost
Hilary Mantel: The New Apartheid

Che pasticcio!
Tim Parks: Carlo Emilio Gadda

Global Style
Hal Foster: Renzo Piano

At the Movies
Michael Wood: Bergman and Antonioni

Short Cuts
Elisabeth Ladenson: Autofriction