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Volume 7 Number 4March 2001
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 • 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 (18)
PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY SPECIAL ISSUE
- Stein, H. F. (2001). Workplace psychogeography: An overview and case report. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.70763/a4ee59dd868ba016ed2de90d330acb6a
- Petschauer, P. (2001). A bibliography helpful for psychogeographic understanding [bibliography]. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 171-173. https://doi.org/10.70763/804741413d7fe0e515b19a7ffc7b3027
- Jüngst, P. (2001). Psychogeography in German academic geography. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 173-178. https://doi.org/10.70763/70c767c26cb3143bad5e660504fd6a76
- Sommers, E. (2001). Separation and the need for geographical attunement. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 178-180. https://doi.org/10.70763/b05851605ad0a7613af514cd321a63e3
- Carlson, L. (2001). Psychogeography of India’s sacred rivers. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 180-181. https://doi.org/10.70763/10493aa88605cad5ab4752b04a63d172
- Simms, N. (2001). A psychogeographical lament for the Jewish children of São Tomé. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 182-184. https://doi.org/10.70763/517da335fd0ec2f4a25ea139d5494163
- Gordon, O. E. (2001). A therapeutic relationship between people and their geography in the Andes. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 184-186. https://doi.org/10.70763/8ede06ecd4c633266fdced4089d42ddd
- So, D. (2001). The yin-yang of people, geography, and health. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 186-188. https://doi.org/10.70763/0459f8ebb506c02718d4b29b11f586a0
- Rumson, G. (2001). Sound knows no borders. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 188-189. https://doi.org/10.70763/fb03a0f2f5d94af4a5c0890fff0ef6e0
- Elovitz, P. H. (2001). An intellectual partnership: Jay Gonen and Mary Coleman [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 189-198. https://doi.org/10.70763/fdd5b16fc8134339089ef25b3cf0e588
NADER, POLITICAL NIGHTMARES, AND LEADERS’ MORALITY
- Habenczius, P., & Immelman, A. (2001). Childhood denied: The roots of Ralph Nader’s righteousness. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 198-200. https://doi.org/10.70763/7f367281bba91bd682d613522a67949a
- Bulkeley, K. (2001). Democratic dreams of Bush’s election. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 200-201. https://doi.org/10.70763/02709600f60cc5f733fd879be89f4b3b
- Shneidman, J. L. (2001). The morality, character, and leadership of government officials. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 201-205. https://doi.org/10.70763/36ad8b5f42db492827016448975cc22d
- Harrison, R., & Szaluta, J. (2001). Steven Spielberg’s creativity and the film Jaws: Psychohistorical considerations. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 205-208. https://doi.org/10.70763/fdff71fcab656abfbefaabecab1a7f6d
- Booth, R. (2001). Dysfunction in higher education. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 208-210. https://doi.org/10.70763/991d912445bd396599bbb31f697005bc
- Shneidman, J. L. (2001). The persistence of popular prejudices and hatreds. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 210-212. https://doi.org/10.70763/4b7f871c66be5ac7630c27bb5e21fe7f
- Elovitz, P. H. (2001). Psychoanalysis and history: Andrea Sabbadini: A meet-the-editors interview [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 212-214. https://doi.org/10.70763/327204b057100a1b7c574c2691c9a378
- Piven, J. S. (2001). Sudhir Kakar’s Ascetic of Desire [Review of the book The Ascetic of Desire by Sudhir Kakar (2000)]. Clio’s Psyche, 7(4), 214-217. https://doi.org/10.70763/c802ceaa43e6ad9ddc511cab5f34789c
BULLETIN BOARD
The next WORK-IN-PROGRESS SATURDAY SEMINAR: On March 31, 200l, David Lotto (Private Practice and the University of Massachusetts) will present “Freud’s Struggle With Misogyny: An Exploration of Homosexuality and Guilt in the Dream of Irma’s Injection.”
CONFERENCES: The Nürnberg 2001 psychohistory conference is scheduled at the Evangelische Technische Universität and the Deutsche-Amerika Institüt for July 5-7. Herbert Barry recently presented a paper on names in the novels of Charles Dickens at a conference sponsored by the Modern Language Association. Ted Goertzel, Herbert Barry, and Paul Elovitz of the Psychohistory Forum’s Research Group on the Childhood, Personality, and Psychology of Presidents and Presidential Candidates will present a panel at the International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) Convention on June 6-8, 2001, in New York City.
TRAVEL: Lee and Conalee Shneidman recently spent several weeks in Costa Rica and Rudolph Binion has been touring on the West Coast and in Alaska. Peter and Joni Petschauer are spending March 9-19 in Tokyo.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Flora Hogman presented “Hatred and Reconciliation: The German and the Jewish Journeys Following the Holocaust” at the NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) Committee on Mental Health at the United Nations on Feb 8, 2001. Norman Simms has organized a Waikato University Jewish Studies Seminar on August 16-19, 2001, in Hamilton, New Zealand. The Armenian American Society for Studies on Stress & Genocide and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies are sponsoring a March 9, 2001, workshop for first- and second-generation survivors of the Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the Armenians. For information, contact Anie Kalayjiana at <>.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry III, Ralph Colp, and Mary Lambert; Patrons Andrew Brink, Mary Coleman/Jay Gonen, Peter Petschauer, H. John Rogers, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Member Mel Kalfus; Supporting Members Anonymous, Rudolph Binion, and David Felix; and Members C. Fred Alford, Geof-
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frey Cocks, Alan Elms, Ted Goertzel, George Gouaux, Richard Harrison, Flora Hogman, Jacqueline Paulson, and Caroline Scielzo. Our thanks for thought-provoking materials to Richard Booth, Kelly Bulkeley, Linda Carlson, Mary Coleman, Jay Gonen, Oakley Gordon, Peter Habenczius, Richard Harrison, Aubrey Immelman, Peter Jüngst, Peter Petschauer, Jerry Piven, Gordon Rumson, Andrea Sabbadini, Lee Shneidman, Norman Simms, Dominicus So, Evelyn Sommers, Howard Stein, and Jacques Szaluta. Thanks to Brett Lobbato and Martha Simms for editing.
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Call for Papers
Psychology and Law
June, 2001
Possible approaches:
- The diffusion of law into every aspect of life (i.e., “the legalization of life”)
- Emotional uses of law (e.g., legal expression of anger, law as intimidation)
- Jury psychology
- Law as a system of gridlock
- Insanity and the law
- Dysfunctional family courts
- Legal rights of children
- The law and individual freedom
- Humor in the law and lawyer jokes
500-1500 words, due April 10
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Call for CORST Grant Applications
The application is: a) A brief statement of 1000 words about the research proposed, b) A letter from a scholar in the field (e.g., department chair, colleague, or dissertation advisor) attesting to the validity and significance of the research, c) A letter of endorsement by the Education Director of the institute certifying the candidate is in, or has been accepted for, full clinical psychoanalytic training at an institute of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and d) An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.
Applications are to be submitted in three (3) copies by April 1, 2001, to Professor Paul Schwaber, 258 Bradley Street, New Haven, CT 06511.
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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
