Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Classics of Psychohistory, Psychobiography, and Psychopolitics

Some possible approaches to classic works in psychohistory, psychobiography, childhood and childrearing, and political psychology include:

• Recalling, and perhaps reassessing, the classic books and articles years, even decades, after their original publication
• Works worthy to be classics but that have been unrecognized or forgotten
• Authors’ reports on writing their own books and on the response of readers, the public, and reviewers
• Erikson as a popularizer of psychohistory and why no one else has been as successful
• The role of Lifton, Strozier, deMause, and Volkan in promoting psychohistory
• Publishers’ attitudes to psychohistory and psychobiography

Also, recommend to our readers up to three of your favorite works in any or all of the four areas (psychohistory, psychobiography, childhood and childrearing, and political psychology). Please include a brief reason for each of your selections.

Articles of 500-1500 words, due April 15
Contact Bob Lentz, Associate Editor

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Call for Papers

The Gentle Child Psychology and Legacy of Mr. Rogers and His Neighborhood

Some possible approaches to this topic include:

• Recalling your personal experience, as child or parent, in watching and listening to “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
• Describing children’s encounters with Mr. Rogers
• Discussing Mr. Rogers as a model for parenting and childrearing: of how to talk and listen to children with honesty and without there being any subject—not even death—off limits; of not needing to have all the answers; of managing his feelings and the feelings of others with a gentle tone and pace
• Writing a brief psychobiography of Fred Rogers, the boy and man who became and was “Mister Rogers”

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