
Volume 33 - Number 1 - Winter 2026
Pages: 1 - 129
Rozentsvit, I. (2026). Relational roots of history: Fairbairn’s object relations theory for psychohistorians [Review of the book Ronald Fairbairn: A Contemporary Introduction by David P. Celani (2025)]. Clio’s Psyche, 33(1), 125-128.
Relational Roots of History: Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory for Psychohistorians
Abstract
David P. Celani’s Ronald Fairbairn: A Contemporary Introduction reintroduces the Scottish object‑relations pioneer to psychohistorians. By weaving Fairbairn’s biography with an accessible exposition of his relational model, Celani shows how early relationships, trauma, and developmental arrest shape personality and offers a framework for exploring individual and collective motives in history.
book review, David P. Celani, developmental arrest, dissociation, identity defense, mindfulness, moral defense, object relations, psychoanalysis, psychohistory, psychological defenses, Ronald Fairbairn, Ronald Fairbairn: A Contemporary Introduction, trauma
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Rozentsvit, I. (2026). Relational roots of history: Fairbairn’s object relations theory for psychohistorians [Review of the book Ronald Fairbairn: A Contemporary Introduction by David P. Celani (2025)]. Clio’s Psyche, 33(1), 125-128.



