CONFERENCES: How Not to Throw Banana Peels

The world last week was out flat on the analyst's couch. What started wars, it appeared, was that everybody felt as guilty as Cain. To get rid of the guilt feelings, you had to do something violent. After having done something violent, you of course felt guilty again. After that—and so on, until the decline and fall of Western civilization.

This diagnosis emerged from a meeting of 2,000 of the world's foremost psychiatrists and psychologists (with a sprinkling of educators, clergymen and other soul-searchers). They had come from 54 countries to meet...

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