Freud’s favourite image of the mind was as an archaeological site, filled, layer by layer, with the buried strata of the past (but one where these layers could rise into consciousness at any time). However …

Originally published in Tibet: The Issue Is Independence, by Edward Lazar, ed., Parallax Press, Berkeley California, and reprinted on U.S. Tibet Committee website.
The Issue is Independence. The very first thing we must understand about independence …

If one does not know to which port one is sailing,
no wind is favourable.
— Seneca
The word “realistic”, whenever introduced into any discussion on Tibetan politics, never fails to set my teeth on edge. It invariably …