Elizabeth Kiem Biography Elizabeth Kiem, a former reviewer for Book magazine and books columnist for the Charlottesville arts weekly The Hook, now lives in New York City. See Work CRITICISM / Fall 2004 Putting the War on Terror on the Couch: Vamik Volkan’s Blind Trust By Elizabeth Kiem In his new book, Blind Trust, psychoanalyst Vamik Volkan offers starkly different terms for what he sees as a troubling “societal regression.” Volkan looks at bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and the Bush administration and sees id, ego, and supe...
