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).
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Ken Fuchsman
Ken Fuchsman, EdD, is an emeritus professor at the University of Connecticut, where he also served as Director of the Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) program. He met Philip Roth in 2001 when UCONN gave Roth an honorary degree and they conversed before commencement. Dr. Fuchsman has been president of the International Psychohistorical Association since 2016. He can be reached at .
Articles (69)
- Fuchsman, K. (2024). Paul Elovitz: Devoted psychohistorian. In J. M. Rosenberg, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Paul H. Elovitz Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 31(2), 214-219. https://doi.org/10.70763/c0a5a65e55124eae3388586316a25f57
- Fuchsman, K. (2022). The paranoid style in American history and politics: A psychohistorical examination. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.70763/9752d873fa71c19dc602bf2a0696f9b5
- Fuchsman, K. (2022). The paranoid style revisited. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 216-221. https://doi.org/10.70763/bf2fb7d1825a1df3ca308ad0bf48591e
- Fuchsman, K. (2021). David Beisel is also a psychohistorian of the arts. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 28-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/f9fd2624beefbc7808e4e405d73f57ab
- Fuchsman, K. (2020). Obstacles to electing the leaders we need. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 24-27. https://doi.org/10.70763/24b43fb034a10d78bec71274033b4096
- Fuchsman, K. (2019). From studying Freud to psychohistorical leadership. Clio’s Psyche, 26(1), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/02f657d55eaf1c4840ce8d66fcdaf90c
- Fuchsman, K., & Elovitz, P. H. (2019). Jacques Szaluta: Witness to history, psychohistorian, and psychoanalyst [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 25(1), 279-290. https://doi.org/10.70763/85ae750ad1dbdc5c2703bcfe97e77152
- Fuchsman, K. (2019). Two young American male murderers. Clio’s Psyche, 25(1), 328-336. https://doi.org/10.70763/d15426b9c324676610fbb01360473ed8
- Fuchsman, K. (2019). In memory of Philip Roth (1933-2018) [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 25(2), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.70763/ba3e9b6a519cfddc560b5d53210df1bd
- Fuchsman, K. (2018). Men killing women. Clio’s Psyche, 25(1), 82-88. https://doi.org/10.70763/b848edae25876384476f8970b8491160
- Fuchsman, K. (2018). Family, self-regulation, and autonomy in the contemporary United States. Clio’s Psyche, 24(3), 277-281. https://doi.org/10.70763/9813b270ed0288e7c0388f0fd4ec68f5
- Fuchsman, K. (2018). Reflections on Spielberg’s The Post and comparing Nixon and Trump. Clio’s Psyche, 24(3), 315-321. https://doi.org/10.70763/41ab1b1d6bf108f388dfb5cd282fb76c
- Fuchsman, K. (2017). Trump studies. Clio’s Psyche, 24(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.70763/898dd88cca7b2f65461bc491dacb9b25
- Fuchsman, K., & Elovitz, P. H. (2017). Why Hillary lost: Economic, political, psychobiographical, and psychohistorical factors. Clio’s Psyche, 24(1), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.70763/caa202034f268232c26fac9435f54e15
- Fuchsman, K. (2017). Narcissism, DSM-III, and the status of psychoanalysis. Clio’s Psyche, 24(1), 111-115. https://doi.org/10.70763/84c2d4860a0fc27bcf854c444fb8b400
- Fuchsman, K. (2017). What is the death instinct and does it apply to psychohistory? Clio’s Psyche, 23(3), 248-252. https://doi.org/10.70763/0ae1dd3954ee840075de1395771b6c9c
- Fuchsman, K. (2017). Progress and its resistance. Clio’s Psyche, 23(2), 121-124. https://doi.org/10.70763/4764f37856fc727f70b666b8d0c4ab7a
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Explaining the popularity of Trump and Sanders. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/45cef8e5b9570959bd9feaacae2bf38d
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Attachment, childrearing, and marriage [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 94-96. https://doi.org/10.70763/77ec6f21c85b637cc42bb997841e11a6
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Tears of rage: President Obama and the emotional legacy of Newtown. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 292-296. https://doi.org/10.70763/42c8938e4cf5777700700e642dc2a8cd
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Steven Spielberg: The quest to be a moral male. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 312-318. https://doi.org/10.70763/582967e09f1b30ca2539968da0a174fa
- Fuchsman, K. (2015). Psychohistory’s current state and future agenda. Clio’s Psyche, 22(1-2), 4-10. https://doi.org/10.70763/9dc372713683fd865d366d5d9ee810ba
- Fuchsman, K. (2015). Crossroads within psychohistory. Clio’s Psyche, 22(1-2), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.70763/045cf83ab0722e782cf72d14e44adf98
- Fuchsman, K. (2015). Peter Gay (1923-2015): In memoriam [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(1-2), 115-119. https://doi.org/10.70763/b1300291698eadedb559786c809cc592
- Fuchsman, K. (2015). President Obama in history: The political intersects with the personal. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 363-374. https://doi.org/10.70763/ee188463935a061dee6df8bf449cb882
- Fuchsman, K. (2015). Obama agonistes. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.70763/1517c8664be296f0d87d9e5fc54fdd60
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). The complexities of being civilized. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 256-264. https://doi.org/10.70763/4e477793df9bdde030226dcd3a262a4a
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). Is civilization uncivilized? Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 307-313. https://doi.org/10.70763/1cd73be1e256a7405516501e94e892ac
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). Murdering our own species. Review of the book Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us about the Origins of Good and Evil by Jeffrey Moussaieff (2014). Clio’s Psyche, 21(2), 229-232. https://doi.org/10.70763/7dc3338d429a3114842ca29dbbfccfef
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). Where Have All the Flowers Gone? A memorial to Peter Seeger [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 21(1), 95-100. https://doi.org/10.70763/0530e22dea41e24a039563139cdc215e
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). Celebrating a Cambridge University Press psychology and history book [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 21(1), 100-106. https://doi.org/10.70763/7d265aa7147bd3913fb84c7963a209d1
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). Genius or cult: A historical examination of genius [Review of the book The Divine Fury: A History of Genius by Darrin M. McMahon (2013)]. Clio’s Psyche, 20(4), 493-496. https://doi.org/10.70763/39b8f721582654655a6999aabe905204
- Fuchsman, K. (2013). A portrait of Newtown: Before, during, and after. Clio’s Psyche, 20(3), 275-280. https://doi.org/10.70763/c96c08f8bb7960e11a1239352a479053
- Fuchsman, K. (2013). War, trauma, and psychoanalysis: The early writings. Clio’s Psyche, 20(2), 228-236. https://doi.org/10.70763/8fc983a91396319d8c394084e2d749d7
- Fuchsman, K. (2013). Competing views of human motivation and psychology. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.70763/77305c2f862ad1d353f55bf38e5a5183
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). Violence, war, and being human. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 289-293. https://doi.org/10.70763/501627aa14e37bd1d4143159e0e9620f
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). Robert Lifton, Vietnam veterans, and PTSD. In D. Lotto & P. H. Elovitz (Eds.), Robert Jay Lifton Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 165-168. https://doi.org/10.70763/cfd66e741860718ddecf1f6eabd05fc6
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). Obama and family [Review of the book Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss (2012)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 233-235. https://doi.org/10.70763/700fdb2ba62d4554dc268c65add4b16e
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). How we treat animals and the character of being human. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.70763/f60f6b0d129342bb6a226305aaf842b7
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). Contributions to psychohistory. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 96-99. https://doi.org/10.70763/c96ebeee051996333b6d70b2da6191b0
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). A paradox of creativity: Freud’s self-understanding in the Oedipus complex. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 387-391. https://doi.org/10.70763/ec1f764517b7ffb52057af6df18142b7
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). A dangerous method [Review of the film A Dangerous Method directed by David Cronenberg (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 474-477. https://doi.org/10.70763/9ac5a6d86e8924182271bd820acbce0e
- Fuchsman, K. (2011). Arthur Miller’s self-understanding in The Crucible. Clio’s Psyche, 18(3), 269-273. https://doi.org/10.70763/86a2f353e1e6692c05fe83d6fc79cf9d
- Elovitz, P. H., & Fuchsman, K. (2011). A dialogue on the impact of a mother on her son Barack Obama. Clio’s Psyche, 18(3), 347-357. https://doi.org/10.70763/8c53d30ad023ce50140181f713059ddf
- Fuchsman, K. (2011). American wars and reliving trauma. Clio’s Psyche, 18(2), 146-149. https://doi.org/10.70763/f1ea154c843f7cf3677db7ce922a2d17
- Fuchsman, K. (2011). Puritan roots of American exceptionalism. Clio’s Psyche, 18(1), 34-38. https://doi.org/10.70763/2e2079d63348233d91cad1fa9b1361e9
- Fuchsman, K. (2011). Companionate marriage and its discontents [Review of the books Making Marriage Modern: Women’s Sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II by Christina Simmons (2009), Making Marriage Work: A History of Marriage and Divorce in the Twentieth-Century United States by Kristin Celello (2009), and More Perfect Unions: The American Search for Marital Bliss by Rebecca L. Davis (2010)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(1), 110-115. https://doi.org/10.70763/64eec0c3fb6b12c43f51ec9e9c773fed
- Fuchsman, K. (2011). The family romance transformed: American domestic arrangements since 1960. Clio’s Psyche, 17(4), 275-285. https://doi.org/10.70763/73d915c91b99b170993ea97d875a6330
- Dervin, D., & Fuchsman, K. (2011). An exchange on Freud and the family romance. Clio’s Psyche, 17(4), 285-287. https://doi.org/10.70763/358f9e7be09177c17d0d17ff73584307
- Fuchsman, K. (2011). Family permutations reconsidered. Clio’s Psyche, 17(4), 303-308. https://doi.org/10.70763/2c26f9a59b0ba61233e6fc0af8e47f14
- Fuchsman, K. (2010). Obama the conciliator [Reviews of the books The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick (2010), Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition by James T. Kloppenberg (2011), and Changing Times: The Life of Barack Obama by Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen (2009)]. Clio’s Psyche, 17(4), 355-359. https://doi.org/10.70763/ae0e08163d22befd4635f47bef1b6e3f
- Fuchsman, K. (2010). Peter Gay’s classic Freud for Historians. Clio’s Psyche, 17(1-2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.70763/f81e516d45f7143402e9482b47248e3b
- Fuchsman, K. (2010). The sons of liberty: Norman O. Brown’s Love’s Body. Clio’s Psyche, 17(1-2), 32-36. https://doi.org/10.70763/08b7dc6e8b36bcaac15847827b7951a9
- Fuchsman, K. (2010). The internal and external in Freud. Clio’s Psyche, 17(1-2), 103-108. https://doi.org/10.70763/16c0d78ef6a76b5c247113a4c9514059
- Fuchsman, K. (2009). The transformations of Barack Obama. Clio’s Psyche, 16(3), 293-301. https://doi.org/10.70763/bcf9d6bd14a2095866ce8c950b702341
- Fuchsman, K., & Elovitz, P. H. (2009). A psychohistorical exchange on Barack Obama’s family background. Clio’s Psyche, 16(3), 302-314. https://doi.org/10.70763/fce34b6aef091b6fb2032870279690f8
- Fuchsman, K. (2009). After crossing the threshold: War, stress, and suicide. Clio’s Psyche, 16(1), 84-91. https://doi.org/10.70763/487129304eca93e3646dd0c7dd441bf5
- Fuchsman, K. (2009). Prelude on love & hate. Clio’s Psyche, 15(4), 179-186. https://doi.org/10.70763/a378383b89e6719e15cd1aa45478627c
- Fuchsman, K. (2009). The Freudian psychology of love. Clio’s Psyche, 15(4), 186-191. https://doi.org/10.70763/618790ae971abb5610b16c826fb72d01
- Fuchsman, K. (2009). The primacy of the mother for Ian Suttie. Clio’s Psyche, 15(4), 195-199. https://doi.org/10.70763/93661c10ed346f9692f4d512319799b3
- Fuchsman, K. (2008). John F. Kennedy: Illness, war and mortality. Clio’s Psyche, 15(2), 57, 86-89. https://doi.org/10.70763/8cfef17bee2b7a75a3ce09d40b497f6b
- Fuchsman, K. (2008). Makari’s history of psychoanalysis [Review of the book Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis by George Makari (2008)]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(1), 41-43. https://doi.org/10.70763/297018ebde10e3024ac70a8120a2c82c
- Fuchsman, K. (2007). The psychohistory of atrocity in guerilla and civil wars. Clio’s Psyche, 14(1-2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.70763/9079ea527e08a24dfad44e3302d5f091
- Fuchsman, K. (2006). Evidence and concepts in psychohistory. Clio’s Psyche, 13(1), 13-14. https://doi.org/10.70763/d7488039246a405baf6a7cbc3613a56f
- Fuchsman, K. (2006). Freud’s leadership and Viennese psychoanalysis. Clio’s Psyche, 13(1), 1, 26-29. https://doi.org/10.70763/7a951116de2a4c23c74733d76046a5b4
- Fuchsman, K. (2006). Countering student objections to psychohistory. Clio’s Psyche, 12(4), 207-209. https://doi.org/10.70763/abcc5329cfe5846db63ff4dee74eb906
- Fuchsman, K. (2006). Ken Fuchsman responds [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 12(4), 236-238. https://doi.org/10.70763/dc2885225cbcb517bfea1ae528f56428
- Fuchsman, K. A., & Elovitz, P. H. (2005). A dialogue on online education [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 12(3), 130-134. https://doi.org/10.70763/51311013e51adebc3c34d2cc591fefee
- Fuchsman, K. (2005). Filial loyalty and rebellion in Watergate: Woodward, Felt and Nixon. Clio’s Psyche, 12(2), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.70763/99cd3843754d20ec3c5885d805db8a32
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