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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Volume 1 Number 3December 1994
ISSN 1080-2622
NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
- Elovitz, P. H. (1994). Nationalism and ethnic conflict. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.70763/2f635a9fe4a4d8d1ec9e3a111cc02f4b
- Shneidman, J. L. (1994). The non-rational aspect of nationalism. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.70763/bd430257087f92e5322919c84dc99f32
- Held, J. (1994). A “new type of nationalism” in Eastern Europe. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.70763/fe04e05fbe48920b8ba90bea2ddfe60b
- Loewenberg, P. (1994). The state, national hatred, and its transcendence. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 4-7. https://doi.org/10.70763/800de15c79c8d840f4e78d3af937d4d4
- Leyla. (1994). My experience with ethnic conflict. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 7. https://doi.org/10.70763/9a1335ef5ffebb0de9d089c4182e4868
FEATURED SCHOLAR INTERVIEW
- Lentz, B. (1994). The courage of Rudolph Binion [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 7-12. https://doi.org/10.70763/2107931de60c5a7c5d526bd1d6a8a34d
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Potts, M. (1994). Psychohistorical origin of dream consciousness. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 12. https://doi.org/10.70763/816a6db41f0e44644bc65808b6db5ca4
FILM REVIEWS
- Goldstein, M. (1994). Forrest Gump: A smorgasbord of feuilletons [Review of the film Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis (1994)]. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 12-14. https://doi.org/10.70763/ad7ed5d47b9baceb12045a929e7e2f66
MEETING REPORTS
- Elovitz, P. H. (1994). Psychohistory, predictions, and the millennium [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 1(3), 14-15. https://doi.org/10.70763/23edd566480c510a2d22eb3f2fb04a62
BULLETIN BOARD
NOTES ABOUT MEMBERS AND THEIR RESEARCH: Congratulations to Norman Simms (University of Waikato, New Zealand) on the forthcoming publication of My Cow Comes to Haunt Me: European Explorers, Travelers and Novelists Constructing Textual Selves and Imagining the Unthinkable in Lands and Islands beyond the Sea, from Christopher Columbus to Alexander von Humboldt (Pace University Press); to David Felix (C.U.N.Y. Retired) on the publication of Biography of an Idea: John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory (Transaction Books); to Marvin Goldwert of New York Institute of Technology who recently published “Poets, Painters, and the Art of History” in the Journal of Unconventional History (Spring, 1994) and to J. Donald Hughes, a professor of ancient history at the University of Denver for many years, who has been named John Evans Professor the highest honor at his beautiful university. Ever peripatetic, he is back from Italy as well as a trip to Vancouver for his son’s wedding. Now that all their children are married we expect Pam and Don to travel even more.
HOLOCAUST NEWSLETTERS: When we asked Judith Kestenberg to write a brief article on the Nazi persecution of children she generously offered to send out sample copies of the Newsletter of the International Study of Organized Persecution of Children which Clio’s Psyche subscribers should have received in October. This year’s Milton Kestenberg Holocaust Memorial Lecture is on December 18 on “Trauma, Loss and Creativity.” For further information write Dr. Kestenberg at 30 Soundview Lane, Sands Point, NY 11050.
NETWORKING INQUIRY: Biographers of two famous twentieth-century thinkers would like someone to interpret the Rorschach tests of their subjects. Please contact the Editor.
RETIREMENTS: Mel Goldstein, who served the University of Hartford for twenty-eight years in a variety of positions and was granted a number of honors, has retired from teaching, but not from his psychoanalytic practice nor the life of the mind.
AUDIO CONFERENCES: Alberto Fergusson and other contributors to the Colombian Industry of Pleasure (Cocaine) Research Group participated in audio conferences with Professor Elovitz’ psychohistory seminar at Ramapo College on November 2 and 30. Interested parties are welcome to join the Research Group please write to Alberto Fergusson, P.O. Box 093563, Bogota, Colombia. Mary Coleman of Chicago is scheduled for a December 7 audio conference on civil rights.
MEETINGS: The Forum’s next meeting on January 28 (Saturday) is devoted to
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the motivation for war. See the partial schedule of meetings listed below.
FORUM WORKSHOPS AT THE WA: We are working on the following arrangements for the June 79, 1995, International Psychohistorical Association convention in New York City. Our Research Group on War, Peace and Conflict Resolution will sponsor a paper, “The Table of Human Sacrifice,” by Mary Coleman (Georgetown University-Emeritus), with comments by David Lotto and Faris Kirkland and the group members able to attend. It will be followed by the Group’s third annual luncheon at the IPA. The Teaching Research Group will sponsor a workshop by Professor David Beisel (S.U.N.Y. at Rockland). People wishing to register for the IPA should contact Henry Lawton, 266 Monroe Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. To present, call Professor Jerrold Atlas, (718) 4881000 or (718) 7135961.
COMMUNISM RESEARCH GROUP MEETING: On Saturday, December 10 from 14 at the apartment of Lee and Conalee Shneidman this group will begin a new phase of its research when it probes what led people to join the Communist Party and then become disillusioned with communism. All interested parties are welcome.
OUR THANKS to our members for their support which makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To a Patron Herb Barry; a Sustaining Member Ralph Colp; Supporting Members Andrew Brink, Alexander Papiasvili, Marga Speicher and Jerome Wolf; and new Contributing Members H. John Rogers and Norman Simms. Thanks for their edifying articles to this issue’s contributing authors: Mel and Margot Goldstein, Joseph Held, Leyla, Peter Loewenberg, Mena Potts and J. Lee Shneidman. Also to Anna Lentz and Pauline Staines for their assistance in producing this newsletter.
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| 1995 Psychohistory Forum Meeting Schedule (partial) | ||
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| 1/28/95 | “Hawk and Dove Personality Types”
“Paul H. Nitze and the Arming of America” | Brian D’Agostino, PhD (Center on Violence and Human Survival) Scott Thompson, PhD (US Peace Institute & Tufts University) |
| 3/4/95 | “John Maynard Keynes: Fathers, Mothers and Sons” | David Felix, PhD (C. U. N. Y. Retired) |
| 4/8/95 | “Swartout’s Stress Reactions and an Early Indian War” | Andrew Brink, PhD (formerly of McMaster University and the University of Toronto) |
| 4/29/95 | “The Non-Rationality of Nationalism” | J. Lee Shneidman, PhD (Adelphi University) |
| 9/16/95 | “Love and Work in Margaret Mead”
“Towards a Psychobiography of Linus Pauling” | Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, PhD (Rutgers University) Ted Goertzel, PhD (Rutgers University) |
| Papers and the locations of meetings in New York City are mailed to members approximately one month before each meeting. | ||
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