The Making of Psychohistory: Origins, Controversies, and Pioneering Contributors by Dr. Paul H. Elovitz, PhD (2018) – follow the link to order from the publisher (ISBN # 978-1-138-58749-6, use FLR40 code to get a 20% discount).
Read Excerpts from Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 and Table of Contents from The Making of Psychohistory.
Anna Geifman
Anna Geifman, PhD, is the author of Thou Shalt Kill: Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia, 1894-1917 (1993) and Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution (2000). She is the editor of Russia under the Last Tsar: Opposition and Subversion, 1894-1917 (1999). Among her other major publications are a psychohistorical essay, La mort sera votre dieu: du nihilisme russe au terrorisme islamiste (English translation: Death will be your god: from Russian nihilism to Islamist terrorism, 2005) and Death Orders: The Vanguard of Modern Terrorism in Revolutionary Russia (2010). Geifman is Professor of History Emerita at Boston University and a Principal Researcher at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She can be contacted at .
Articles:
- Geifman, A. (2024). Dostoevsky’s post-traumatic antisemitism. Clio’s Psyche, 30(3), 302-308. https://doi.org/10.70763/edc27f139c3b4e4bb29d1cdbc45663f9
- Geifman, A. (2024). Israel’s struggle to maintain democracy. Clio’s Psyche, 31(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.70763/e17a886efc21fa45b9dc49a17c29dcf1
- Geifman, A. (2022). Russian national identity quest as motivation for policymaking. Clio’s Psyche, 28(3), 313-320. https://doi.org/10.70763/11f524c3fbfeeca4aa916edcb6b6392e
- Repinetskiy, S., & Greifman, A. (2014). Nikolay Chernyshevsky’s novel as a psychological profile. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 343-347. https://doi.org/10.70763/5901fe6483310c89c35b54455f2a5557
- Geifman, A., & Teper, Y. (2013). The Arab Spring democratization effort as a flawed identity quest. Clio’s Psyche, 20(3), 280-284. https://doi.org/10.70763/a787f02ed34fd886eb6d49e60d9c9120
- Geifman, A., & Reznikov, T. (2012). Communal responses to terrorism and child post-trauma. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 293-297. https://doi.org/10.70763/a613863f6a3ada47ae5bca2a558872d1
- Geifman, A. (2012). Lifton’s “historical dislocation” applied to Russia. In D. Lotto & P. H. Elovitz (Eds.), Robert Jay Lifton Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 179-182. https://doi.org/10.70763/82ba9d6eee3f026be339bb287651c3d8
- Geifman, A., &. Khasin, G. (2012). On Freud and Judaism. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 212-215. https://doi.org/10.70763/0e189c35adab992d274c294586143ec9
- Geifman, A. (2010). Helpful insights on fundamentalism despite an anti-religious bias [Review of the book The Fundamentalist Mindset: Psychological Perspectives on Religion, Violence, and History by Charles B. Strozier, David M. Terman, James W. Jones, edited by Katharine A. Boyd (2010)]. Clio’s Psyche, 17(3), 248-251. https://doi.org/10.70763/bc27acd4e787c0a32597d6e4b8254851
- Geifman, A. (2009). Terrorism’s cult of death against children in Beslan. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.70763/73f715c6cc2b110fc67503ba813f7f0e
- Geifman, A. (2009). Probing Tolstoy’s search for religion [Review of the book Tolstoy’s Quest for God by Daniel Rancour-Laferriere (2007)]. Clio’s Psyche, 16(1), 97-102. https://doi.org/10.70763/01846ae470651e97d2f73fce979406a9
- Geifman, A. (2008). Terrorism and shared death anxiety. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.70763/16437d40c29a1a7b1e78143c9c38f289
- Geifman, A. (2006). Is psychohistory feasible in the classroom? Clio’s Psyche, 12(4), 209-211. https://doi.org/10.70763/c35bc9eaa4a930e006ab98bf3ef90408
- Geifman, A. (2004). Lenin’s personality profile. Clio’s Psyche, 11(2), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.70763/6646b06b90bd13dabc11ddba01270d23
- Elovitz, P. H., & Geifman, A. (2004). A dialogue on applying DSM-IV categories to learn psychohistory: Lenin as exemplar [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 11(2), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.70763/fe45e3227f3805b1314414203c4e5206
- Geifman, A. (2004). Did Soviet citizens love Stalin? Clio’s Psyche, 10(4), 141-144. https://doi.org/10.70763/95e1533eb1b20a97777749fb94fdb944
