FREUDIAN SLIP. (cover story)

POLITICAL corruption; SCANDALS; MYTH; PSYCHOANALYSIS & culture; POLITICAL culture; CLINTON, Bill, 1946-; LEWINSKY, Monica, 1973-; FREUD, Sigmund, 1856-1939; RULE of law

Discusses the public and media response to the sexual affair scandal involving U.S. President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky within the context of social and cultural myths expounded by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Examination on the editorial published by the "New York Times" newspaper dealing with the scandal; Influence of the Christian ideas about sin and forgiveness on how the public perceive actions of President Clinton; Assertion of independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr that the investigation of the scandal is not about sex but about the rule of law; Role of the concept of the rule of law in the organization and nature of society and civilization in the U.S.; Information on the concept of idealizations and cultural and social myths.