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Volume 3 Number 3December 1996
ISSN 1080-2622
Editorial Board
David Beisel, PhD RCC-SUNY • Rudolph Binion, PhD Brandeis University • Andrew Brink, PhD Formerly of McMaster University and The University of Toronto • Ralph Colp, MD Columbia University- Retired • Joseph Dowling, PhD Lehigh University • Glen Jeansonne, PhD University of Wisconsin • George Kren, PhD Kansas State University • Peter Loewenberg, PhD UCLA • Peter Petschauer, PhD Appalachian State University • Leon Rappoport, PhD Kansas State University
Articles (14)
THREE PSYCHOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GOLDHAGEN CONTROVERSY
- Fogelman, E. (1996). Reflections on Hitler’s Willing Executioners [Review of the book Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen (1996)]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 69-73. https://doi.org/10.70763/0e2db0cb2c4645904a054261104b7a14
- Kren, G. M. (1996). Reflections on Goldhagen [Review of the book Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen (1996)]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 73-74. https://doi.org/10.70763/0ef41260a5b096182ee7e45b942cd46d
- Beisel, D. R. (1996). On the group psychological implications of the popularity of Hitler’s Willing Executioners [Review of the book Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen (1996)].Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 74-75. https://doi.org/10.70763/fcd11da01e886bc1be35b19f4d974f4e
MISCELLENOUS ARTICLES
- Pois, R. A. (1996). Introducing Nazi Germany to undergraduates. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 75-76. https://doi.org/10.70763/cd9508fdaa5c1390e9cc329001cf1459
INTERVIEW
- Pawelec, T. (1996). Bruce Mazlish: Pioneer psychohistorian. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 69, 76-81. https://doi.org/10.70763/e9510081ac30ffa83f10b68cde1cac07
BOOK REVIEWS
- Barry, H. III. (1996). Political psychobiography of President Clinton [Review of the books High Hopes: The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition and The Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates by Stanley A. Renshon (1996)]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 81-83. https://doi.org/10.70763/8f97d1d7e02158a83ceb2c14ff5372cd
MISCELLENOUS ARTICLES
- Ransohoff, R. (1996). The demonization of Hillary Rodham Clinton and (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 83-86. https://doi.org/10.70763/5a499f6e26313e19bd4049009bbed5bd
- Colp, R., Jr. (1996). Trotsky’s vision of a “radiant and bright future.” Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 86-90. https://doi.org/10.70763/3a37abdeefe1dab1b30f7c5c7e581b93
- Cox, T. L. (1996). The extremes touch: Hidden meaning in history. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 90-92. https://doi.org/10.70763/e7ac288b0f2d41445904d071ba37aaff
- Perlman, D. (1996). A Jungian response to “The Extremes Touch.” Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 92-94. https://doi.org/10.70763/a1e865a9b1065392ed6035d8ccd072d9
- Elovitz, P. H. (1996). Death wish, watch function, and our security mania. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 94-96. https://doi.org/10.70763/b9b852ac7bd1776bc5ac5ce3b41d8af7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Kirchhoffer, J. (1996). Identifying with an Auschwitz survivor [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 96-97. https://doi.org/10.70763/580760fb5def6e2ca8eaf601236d5b08
- Rogers, H. J. (1996). Response to “The Unabomber” [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 97-98. https://doi.org/10.70763/4d630f9347177b17ec7a362f19489239
- Elovitz, P. H. (1996). Paul Elovitz responds [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 3(3), 98. https://doi.org/10.70763/9087cd8bfa9c1968b20d8f6d0b81cbbb
BULLETIN BOARD
FORTHCOMING PSYCHOHISTORY FORUM PRESENTATIONS: On Saturday January 25, 1997, Rita Ransohoff (New York School of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and private practice) will present “A Cross-Cultural, Work-in-Progress Study of Men’s Subordination of and Fear of Women,” based on the book she is writing on the subject.
NOTICES: Clio’s Psyche and psicologia politca (published in Spain) have agreed to print news of each other’s publications.
TRAVEL: Diane Gross, an avid traveler like so many of our members, spent part of her summer in Norway. Peter Petschauer and wife Joni spent most of August in Europe.
WELCOME to new member Hanna Turken.
OUR THANKS to our members and friends for their support which makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Patrons Herbert Barry, Ralph Colp, and Anonymous as well as Mena and Dominic Potts (who hold a joint membership); Supporting Members Rudolph Binion, Timothy J. Mitchell, Jacqueline Paulsen, Robert Pois, and Hanna Turken; and Contributing Members Sander Breiner, Andrew Brink, Paul Elovitz, Rita Ransohoff, H. John Rogers, W. Scott Thompson, and Mustafa Ziyalan. Our thanks for thought-provoking materials to Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Ralph Colp, Ted Cox, Eva Fogelman, James Kirchhoffer, George Kren, Bruce Mazlish, Tomasz Pawelec, Diane Perlman, Robert Pois, Rita Ransohoff, and Hanna Turken. Also to Anna Lentz, Michele O’Donnell, Gary Schmidt, and Pauline Staines for their assistance in producing this periodical and to David Barry for proofreading.
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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
