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.
Marcia Anne Newton
Marcia Anne Newton, PhD, is a pre-law lecturer in the Program of Writing and Critical Inquiry at the University at Albany and a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal system and community, as well as a Research Associate of the Psychohistory Forum. Dr. Newton has published on a variety of topics in psychoanalysis, including sexual trauma and psychosis, paradoxical notions of sexuality, the creative impulse, Brexit, and female suicide bombers. She has also published numerous reviews on poetry, theater, and memoir and can be reached at .
Articles (9)
- Newton, M. A. (2025). The dangers of authoritarian leadership [Review of the book A Psychoanalytic Study of Political Leadership in the United States and Russia: Searching for Truth by Karyne E. Messina (2024)]. Clio’s Psyche, 32(2), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.70763/9e05fb01c4c2aa78872ff38b73e69197
- Newton, M. (2024). A note of gratitude to Paul Elovitz. In J. M. Rosenberg, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Paul H. Elovitz Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 31(2), 259-260. https://doi.org/10.70763/ba2f0015122a5955f8b3a50240fb91b2
- Newton, M. A. (2024). AI and breaking cycles of student anxiety through psychoanalytic insights. Clio’s Psyche, 30(3), 382-387. https://doi.org/10.70763/c6943e764b46c1c95fa6dd19904a055d
- Newton, M. A. (2021). Teaching at-risk students in a pandemic. Clio’s Psyche, 27(3), 323-327. https://doi.org/10.70763/03e7ef47cee6fa4ae7567394b99912b7
- Newton, M. A. (2020). “He desires me; he loves me not:” #MeToo and an analysis of Freudian sexual economics. Clio’s Psyche, 26(2), 231-235. https://doi.org/10.70763/6a4d5952d4c018a1c1af9fa590a10dda
- Newton, M. A. (2019). Thoughtful people do psychohistory [Review of the book The Making of Psychohistory: Origins, Controversies, and Pioneering Contributors by Paul H. Elovitz (2018)]. Clio’s Psyche, 25(2), 172-174. https://doi.org/10.70763/415e1af7ea95f89f4e375162b21ae38c
- Newton, M. (2018). “Hell hath no fury like a commoner scorned”: Brexit and the rise of plebeitocracy. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 214-220. https://doi.org/10.70763/473447ac58e1cd7e96172575f48dca3b
- Newton, M. A. (2016). A great fear and hatred: Suicide bombers. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 230-234. https://doi.org/10.70763/243be2818a23c980ad664f30f48e5d19
- Newton, M. A. (2012). The paradoxical notion of sexuality in Antonia White’s Frost in May. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 396-400. https://doi.org/10.70763/5d40954183d62a82257835477ccad3d2
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