David Lotto

David Lotto, PhD, is a veteran psychologist, psychoanalyst, and psychohistorian who is a longtime member of the Psychohistory Forum. He practices psychotherapy in Western Massachusetts, edits The Journal of Psychohistory, and may be reached at .

Lotto, D. (2026). A tribute to Robert Lifton. Clio’s Psyche, 33(2), 141-145. https://doi.org/10.70763/7dab099bfda35ad14715763b75487b47
Lotto, D. (2026). Introduction. Clio’s Psyche, 33(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.70763/e2ccf95a7f2e1878fcafc8376649b6e8
Lotto, D. (2026). Fearmongering. Clio’s Psyche, 33(1), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.70763/d0997de7af2f5d411d6b9c5ac64f53a0
Lotto, D. (2024). What’s at stake in the 2024 election. Clio’s Psyche, 30(3), 358-364. https://doi.org/10.70763/3dde889723e33ace6af907cd5cc8e187
Lotto, D. (2024). On weaponizing fear. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 216-219. https://doi.org/10.70763/54391c872fe1c8b4f98095c5d6ec7ec7
Lotto, D. (2023). An appreciation of Larry Friedman. In M. I. West, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Lawrence Jacob Friedman Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 29(3), 325. https://doi.org/10.70763/2b8eba3cb0d0f1d761cb74d94a5ace36
Lotto, D. (2022). Howard Stein: A kindred spirit. In D. R. Beisel, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Howard Stein Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 99-100. https://doi.org/10.70763/bb1662b7c5f22a0f905fd59e718ca05e
Lotto, D. (2022). Mass psychosis and the paranoid style. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 205-208. https://doi.org/10.70763/5d75b942ab4bd730bc2e819df9c9a4b5
Anderson, J. W., Dallek, R., Elovitz, P. H., Falk A., Lotto, D., Loewenberg, P., Maccoby, M., Meyerhoff, J., Petschauer, P. W., Smith, J., & Steiner, P. (2021). The Psychohistory Forum roundtable on the January 6th insurrection. Clio’s Psyche, 27(3), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.70763/24e27b869b66e9e62724bd7725d5d9c1
Lotto, D. (2020). America’s response to the plague. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 78-82. https://doi.org/10.70763/20479c788fb27378c2c99eadcf207e7f
Lotto, D. (2020). A male perspective on sex and power in the age of #MeToo. Clio’s Psyche, 26(2), 196-206. https://doi.org/10.70763/2227d753dc18505031869d44673728e2
Lotto, D. (2020). David Lotto responds to the commentaries. Clio’s Psyche, 26(2), 239-244. https://doi.org/10.70763/5e6d27a7a8a8330df4b53240737ccc85
Lotto, D. (2017). The problem of regression. Clio’s Psyche, 23(2), 126-127. https://doi.org/10.70763/34ffeb359a192eb8174b6854643cc046
Lotto, D. (2015). Psychohistory is an approach rather than a discipline. Clio’s Psyche, 22(1-2), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.70763/b2ea5e977c5fc1ccfa74171a9723dd61
Lotto, D. (2015). Selected responses and additional thoughts. Clio’s Psyche, 22(1-2), 46-49. https://doi.org/10.70763/98d8a23fd60826a2a474c5b4f5811707
Lotto, D. (2015). Obama’s tragic flaw. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 388-391. https://doi.org/10.70763/4fc848051e4459b8a6afeb210c3664ec
Lotto, D. (2014). Some thoughts on civilization and violence. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 277-280. https://doi.org/10.70763/084a8a9aa8cced9175bd07bc44998e75
Lotto, D. (2014). Some thoughts on the nature of power. Clio’s Psyche, 21(2), 152-153. https://doi.org/10.70763/a3ec6dd8d538712a581e5b24726ce062
Lotto, D. (2013). Carveth on guilt in psychoanalytic thought [Review of the book The Still Small Voice: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Guilt and Conscience by Donald L. Carveth (2013)]. Clio’s Psyche, 20(3), 362-365. https://doi.org/10.70763/1343777b8ead1cef5a79b78a1a48d805
Lotto, D. (2013). A psychobiography of love’s prophet-Erich Fromm. Review of the book The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love’s Prophet by Lawrence J. Friedman (2013). Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.70763/70afbf2259b4449d8ae1429e054df1b1
Lotto, D. (2012). Editor’s introduction. In D. Lotto & P. H. Elovitz (Eds.), Robert Jay Lifton Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 157-159. https://doi.org/10.70763/ccc36675ce8d7286aff56ecccb53d0a5
Lotto, D. (2012). Reflections on a memoir: The mind of a moralist. In D. Lotto & P. H. Elovitz (Eds.), Robert Jay Lifton Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 184-188. https://doi.org/10.70763/97788494d0cb9c4ad37af9a76290b361
Lotto, D. (2011). Is there more to psychohistory than trauma? Clio’s Psyche, 18(2), 161-164. https://doi.org/10.70763/4fe5149039b52765bde64beb9f674940
Lotto, D. (2011). American exceptionalism is not benign. Clio’s Psyche, 18(1), 54-57. https://doi.org/10.70763/6651526b6fb8f29a00507de6a49ce30f
Lotto, D. (2010). Binion’s reliving. Clio’s Psyche, 17(1-2), 120-123. https://doi.org/10.70763/328e5d4c166bb340b314d457a208dc83
Lotto, D. (2010). Freud and me: Idealization and over-idealization. Clio’s Psyche, 16(4), 356-359. https://doi.org/10.70763/273f5064dc00c682c73b05f36d00f2a1
Lotto, D. (2009). Understanding the irrationality of the American health care. Clio’s Psyche, 16(3), 240-247. https://doi.org/10.70763/7d92c08873b4979b544e7fb64fdb1c6c
Lotto, D. (2008). Monte Ullman as a teacher of dreams [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(2), 85-86. https://doi.org/10.70763/aaea265a9054b3b8c5df99c64685ec2e
Lotto, D. (2008). Tweedledum and Tweedledee: Why presidential elections are irrelevant. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 105, 140-141. https://doi.org/10.70763/c10f48884c9c7fdbd9a7959c59eebea8
Lotto, D. (2008). Rejoinder to Elovitz. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 144-146. https://doi.org/10.70763/0fe6a94848e5c68a54010b61b3e94b0e
Lotto, D. (2007). Reflections on Ken Fuchsman’s discussion of atrocity. Clio’s Psyche, 14(1-2), 7-8. https://doi.org/10.70763/3a077e8acfc4a2b463c47f2125fdfac5
Lotto, D. (2006). Do children need to suffer? Clio’s Psyche, 13(3), 158-159. https://doi.org/10.70763/79385312dbee4c9e7270b26e4b3e1459
Lotto, D. (2006). Binion continues his important work on group process [Review of the book Past Impersonal: Group Process in Human History by Rudolph Binion (2005)]. Clio’s Psyche, 13(2), 94-96. https://doi.org/10.70763/3a24b25a7b092a252166a1641ae953e7
Lotto, D. (2006). Bias and moral authority in psychohistorical writing. Clio’s Psyche, 13(1), 23-24. https://doi.org/10.70763/1f5f6ad95cc908a20bb7e30ee28a5958
Lotto, D. (2005). A psychohistory of psychoanalysis. Clio’s Psyche, 12(1), 30-33. https://doi.org/10.70763/6af97d7deea1a1d2c76c5c512e66700b
Lotto, D. (2004). The American empire: Denial and self-deception [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 10(4), 160-161. https://doi.org/10.70763/265c2b6a26807154013753637b68d01d
Lotto, D. (2003). Psychoanalytic explorations of the other as rationalization of vengeance. Clio’s Psyche, 10(2), 71-73. https://doi.org/10.70763/c600b4b49faa3a2a165242e90ca21ac3
Lotto, D. (2003). What psychohistory means to me. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 12-13. https://doi.org/10.70763/b0ba5c44aaf65f6ca34cf116e6d82ebf
Lotto, D. (2003). Emotions and ideology: The American response to September 11. Clio’s Psyche, 9(4), 157-159. https://doi.org/10.70763/f2fb9d75af8f3f2eb322ff968e62a324
Lotto, D. (2002). Stein’s study of trauma in the workplace [Review of the book Nothing Personal, Just Business: A Guided Journey into Organizational Darkness by Howard F. Stein (2001)]. Clio’s Psyche, 9(3), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.70763/03fcd68e5673f08be96d2b6bb5be8261
Lotto, D. (2002). There is no place like home. Clio’s Psyche, 8(4), 219-220. https://doi.org/10.70763/e5abba84b1901e99f9c45845f488843e
Lotto, D. (2001). Psychotherapy in the era of managed care [Review of the book The Real World Guide to Psychotherapy Practice edited by Alex Sabo and Leston Havens (2000)]. Clio’s Psyche, 8(3), 154-155. https://doi.org/10.70763/439d8c975f26e5005dcdbf41b0d84161
Lotto, D. (2000). Hofstadter revisited: How conspiracy theories and paranoia have become mainstream. [Review of the books Paranoia Within Reason: A Casebook on Conspiracy as Explanation by George Marcus (1999), Fear Itself: Enemies Real and Imagined in American Culture by Nancy Schultz (1999), and Empire of Conspiracy: The Culture of Paranoia in Postwar America by Timothy Melley (2000)]. Clio’s Psyche, 7(3), 115-117. https://doi.org/10.70763/1592104031ceaa405b8a103c399e2633
Lotto, D. (2000). Reflections on the impossible profession. Clio’s Psyche, 7(1), 14-15. https://doi.org/10.70763/20f79a5fa90c0796d2cfdbe8763dfb67
Lotto, D. (1999). Showalter on hysterical diseases [Review of the book Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern by Elaine Showalter (1997)]. Clio’s Psyche, 5(4), 151-153. https://doi.org/10.70763/a87c11b9100c608b7f8e98cfa316ff7b
Cody, E., Eisner, S., Gregson, R., Harte, L., Lotto, D., Pope, S., Rogers, H. J., & Williams, D. R. (1998). Letters to the editor on Clinton-Lewinsky-Starr [Letters to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 5(3), 95-100. https://doi.org/10.70763/f7ae58c7f1a1cc4abe9273a0f971ba2a
Lotto, D. (1998). The attack on psychotherapy as a contemporary purity crusade. Clio’s Psyche, 4(4), 126-127. https://doi.org/10.70763/d768f8ec110b0207ba7a209f7975fbb1
Lotto, D. (1997). Understanding war and making war on it Review of the book Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich (1997). Clio’s Psyche, 4(3), 92-93. https://doi.org/10.70763/4bb236de7787ceedafdff83bb8ea4710
Lotto, D. (1997). Psychohistorical enactments. [Review of the book Enactments: American Modes and Psychohistorical Models by Daniel Dervin (1996)]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(4), 119-120. https://doi.org/10.70763/9823c9091899dc6f227f9133ba2dfd30
Lotto, D. (1995). Widespread cult abuse: Where’s the evidence? Clio’s Psyche, 2(2), 33-34. https://doi.org/10.70763/34e157766f31db3d2099831d348a7933

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.

The Many Roads of the Builders of Psychohistory, edited by Dr. Paul H. Elovitz, PhD (2021) – available from ORI Academic Press in ebook ($19.99) and Amazon in softcover ($24.99) formats.

Interview with Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, the Author of The Making of Psychohistory (conducted by Ken Fuchsman, EdD, week of July 2, 2018) – View it here https://youtu.be/noYaOoC3Lig

David Lotto

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