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.
Irene Javors
Irene Javors, MED, is a licensed mental health counselor. She is in private practice in New York City. She is the author of Culture Notes: Essays on Sane Living, 2010; and a volume of poetry, Mists of Memory (1986). She is a member of PEN. She is on the faculty of the Mental Health Counseling Program, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. She writes on topics involving culture and psyche and may be contacted at .
Articles:
- Javors, I. (2021). Collaborating with Dave: New perspectives/new direction. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 34-35. https://doi.org/10.70763/379a7ba015d8bf1c70b8add2c287c6fa
- Javors, I. (2016). Ode to ET [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 318-320. https://doi.org/10.70763/b9f35816f460ab999cbc168c4da26ff3
- Javors, I. (2015). Reflections on the uncanny valley: Artificial humanoids and us. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 470-472. https://doi.org/10.70763/97f081d3b1b352e9d1aaa2225dd6bb16
- Javors, I. (2014). Zombies and the apocalyptic imagination. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 273-274. https://doi.org/10.70763/a09e75c5c86a7bf6582d2b4d75aad615
- Javors, I. (2014). Arlene Kramer Richards and the power of women. Review of the book Psychoanalysis: Listening to Understand, Selected—Papers of Arlene Kramer Richards by Arlene Kramer Richards and edited by Nancy R. Goodman (2012). Clio’s Psyche, 21(2), 236-238. https://doi.org/10.70763/84f74ce4511e0c9531af1182fb636f0f
- Javors, I. (2013). Living in kairos time: The uncanny within poetic imagination. Clio’s Psyche, 20(3), 299-303. https://doi.org/10.70763/9a86d531e19ec6f5937ad1373bb118bd
- Javors, I. (2012). Reflections on companion animal loss. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.70763/dcf9082a17123c1adc46b4f19dc90e6c
- Javors, I. (2012). Reflections on S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk: The “queerness of creativity.” Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 425-429. https://doi.org/10.70763/aea94dc1e6d1dd330cbc2c4a480934d6
- Javors, I. (2012). Agon: A “muse” for Sontag [Review of the book Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag by Sigrid Nunez (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 459-460. https://doi.org/10.70763/a68259547f3d25ab3c0a5c0adb4e3498
- Javors, I. (2011). Arthur Miller’s “Jewish question”: Absence configures presence. Clio’s Psyche, 18(3), 273-275. https://doi.org/10.70763/e4a86b0d7bf4c46d7d550a92b0b2fcae
- Javors, I. (2009). Reflections on the effects of my psychotherapeutic work at Ground Zero after 9/11. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 129-132. https://doi.org/10.70763/d10ddbe86fe1df4e50c91d66087cbc6a
- Langer, C., Javors, I., & Elovitz, P. H. (2009). Exploring the psychobiography of an elusive artist [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.70763/853bb47a93581ead37b1bcd749d34787
- Javors, I. (2008). The death of Susan Sontag [Review of the book Swimming in a Sea of Death, A Son’s Memoir by David Rieff (2008)]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(1), 43-45. https://doi.org/10.70763/2d13dd919b0ec4519c4a0967c4c7cd47
- Javors, I. (2002). Counseling alongside Ground Zero. Clio’s Psyche, 8(4), 170-171. https://doi.org/10.70763/13ece95531e87921222a0f9d93230691
- Javors, I. (2000). Doing therapy in our electronic age. Clio’s Psyche, 7(1), 13-14. https://doi.org/10.70763/7d0a9bd083154d3d7f429550f7e8fd57
- Javors, I. (2000). Grief that dares not speak its name. Clio’s Psyche, 7(2), 88-89. https://doi.org/10.70763/bc3ea21614e0fdc4359bdd4d3315313f



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
