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.
Paul Salstrom
Paul Salstrom, PhD, professor emeritus of history at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana, was a prison friend of Morton Sobell from 1962 to 1964. His memoir, Appalachia’s Alternative to Mainstream America, was published by the University of Tennessee Press in fall 2021. He can be reached at .
Articles:
- Salstrom, P. (2022). Anne Sebba’s psychologically astute account of Ethel Rosenberg Review of the book Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba (2021)]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 248-251. https://doi.org/10.70763/d3d80b656929a5bc0fa34381bf42fbdd
- Salstrom, P. (2019). Trauma in late-life perspective. Clio’s Psyche, 25(1), 253-255. https://doi.org/10.70763/df83971673de5c8e71ca1e2645718dad
- Salstrom, P. (2019). Psychologizing Lincoln. Clio’s Psyche, 25(1), 313-315. https://doi.org/10.70763/c5658c711ba9170700fc7d3ee3f63e40
- Salstrom, P. (2018). Dependence, independence, and American politics. Clio’s Psyche, 24(3), 286-289. https://doi.org/10.70763/dcda54e29207294d8e7e1b537338b1c0
- Salstrom, P. (2017). The allure of Trumpism [Review of the book Why Irrational Politics Appeals: Understanding the Allure of Trump edited by Mari Fitzduff (2017)]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(1), 124-125. https://doi.org/10.70763/14c879f3f5d8ed93a09f6090d77c2cc3
- Salstrom, P. (2017). Murderous suicidal leaders: Hitler and Jones. Clio’s Psyche, 23(3), 266-269. https://doi.org/10.70763/05edf455cb266ccb3ea3ac2715f87326
- Salstrom, P. (2017). Democracy, tribalism, and political visions. Clio’s Psyche, 23(2), 177-182. https://doi.org/10.70763/56e6a93212e4482d99c84a639d254b67
- Salstrom, P. (2016). Reverend Coughlin and Donald Trump. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 32-34. https://doi.org/10.70763/c203e4a1bdef9372cb9864bfc9b511cc
- Salstrom, P. (2016). Conscience, superego, and Muslims. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 286-291. https://doi.org/10.70763/a3048e47310d6efaa4b1eaf55227bc92
- Salstrom, P. (2015). A threat from virtual reality. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 414-418. https://doi.org/10.70763/576d026223582a390cd323bef4bad026
- Salstrom, P. (2013). Repairing childhood losses through FEMA work. Clio’s Psyche, 19(4), 395-397. https://doi.org/10.70763/01259a0cb2431834302abe2df60a1327
- Salstrom, P. (2012). A male-female collaboration research question. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 334-337. https://doi.org/10.70763/971eb27c6345932b82b70414028d7183
- Salstrom, P. (2012). Psychohistorical essays on the leader [Review of the book The Leader: Psychological Essays (2nd ed.) edited by Charles B. Strozier, Daniel Offer, & Oliger Abdyli (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 120-122. https://doi.org/10.70763/2912bbeedc16c67bd0529ab7d438c1ac
- Salstrom, P. (2012). When the diagnosis was social [Review of the book Madness Is Civilization: When the Diagnosis Was Social, 1948-1980 by Michael E. Staub (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 117-120. https://doi.org/10.70763/137bdd55f159c4f5556391f53e608f2e
- Salstrom, P. (2011). Schultz’s Arbus: Psychology trumps artistry [Review of the book An Emergency in Slow Motion: The Inner Life of Diane Arbus by William Todd Schultz (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(3), 343-347. https://doi.org/10.70763/aba22f748b1a6dff75bda4fd1ee9fe07
- Salstrom, P. (2011). The role of shock and surprise. Clio’s Psyche, 18(2), 171-175. https://doi.org/10.70763/4ffbd5c8221d7c147f8363ccdc9a2a37
- Aldrich, R., Beisel, D., Coleman, M., Cohn, S. K. Jr., Gonen, J. Y., Hackett, A., Herlihy, P., Jankowski, P. F., Kahr, B., Katz, W., Kern, S., Lewis-Hodgson, D., MacDonald, J., Monaco, P., Murphy, M., Petschauer, P., Salstrom, P., Shutova, O., Szaluta, J., Troyansky, D. G., Wright, T., & Yalom, I. D. (2011). Recollections of Rudolph Binion [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.70763/d4b5b5c16df28e61124e13181db7774c
- Salstrom, P. (2010). My peace movement mentors: 1961 [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 16(4), 446-450. https://doi.org/10.70763/d2ab2b971ff0dc34b54c0eaa664873f0
- Salstrom, P. (2010). Therapeutic dreams and reliving. Clio’s Psyche, 17(1-2), 127-130. https://doi.org/10.70763/c338d814c14c9d479eb5ec0b99d887f6
- Salstrom, P. (2010). Reflections of a conscientious objector [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 17(1-2), 161-163. https://doi.org/10.70763/5aaffbae8a48fc24f114ee4dcd9c6171
- Salstrom, P. (2010). The multi-talented Gregory Bateson [Review of the book Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth by Noel G. Charlton (2008)]. Clio’s Psyche, 17(3), 252-254. https://doi.org/10.70763/919d2356219c1fa0c0bd560246532c72
- Salstrom, P. (2006). The suffering of children through the ages. Clio’s Psyche, 13(3), 159-161. https://doi.org/10.70763/84a955d5ff75f508ec01007bc2b9b301



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
