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Volume 10 Number 1June 2003
ISSN 1080-2622
Editorial Board
C. Fred Alford, PhD University of Maryland • James W. Anderson, PhD Northwestern University • David Beisel, PhD RCC-SUNY • Rudolph Binion, PhD Brandeis University • Andrew Brink, PhD Formerly of McMaster University and The University of Toronto • Joseph Dowling, PhD Lehigh University • Glen Jeansonne, PhD University of Wisconsin • Peter Loewenberg, PhD UCLA • Peter Petschauer, PhD Appalachian State University • Leon Rappoport, PhD Kansas State University
Articles (20)
WAR WITH IRAQ SPECIAL FEATURE
- Binion, R. (2003). Bush’s America goes to war. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.70763/1fb333bc34b8d1f1d1d434f90869367a
- Elovitz, P. H. (2003). The second Bush Persian Gulf War. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.70763/dbb240d23ce3d732b67bcfbae5956b18
- Bulkeley, K. (2003). Dreaming of war in Iraq. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 8-9. https://doi.org/10.70763/a6292668b36ef412fa3c4102d1311a62
- Vilhena, J., & Meseiros, S. (2003). War spectacle makes the human tragedy banal. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 9-11. https://doi.org/10.70763/a322852ce0df73e204b7e67cbbef0d0a
- Barry, H. III. (2003). War casualties include empathy. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 11-12. https://doi.org/10.70763/5faf461eff3099671ad63c6f3f094f7f
CLASSICS AND PSYCHOHISTORIANS SPECIAL FEATURE
- Elovitz, P. H. (2003). The editor’s classic. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 1, 12. https://doi.org/10.70763/da87cbc1b5b8501acf3b49eec1cc52c3
- Lotto, D. (2003). What psychohistory means to me. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 12-13. https://doi.org/10.70763/b0ba5c44aaf65f6ca34cf116e6d82ebf
- Felix, D. (2003). My life as historian with Freud. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 13-14. https://doi.org/10.70763/6194a1ee187acd6606989f03769e8f7f
- Ihanus, J. (2003). Erik H. Erikson as a pioneer of psychohistory. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 15-16. https://doi.org/10.70763/5c3a3b139a11689e0bc55abd95e20e39
- Wolfenstein, V. (2003). Rocking the cradle. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 16-17. https://doi.org/10.70763/4f1927fff6e092185d6a6f4c8466e421
- Unger, N. C. (2003). Adventures in the psychobiography with Fighting Bob La Follette. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 17-19. https://doi.org/10.70763/2adcfc3929e7c03fac3100d3ad51da26
- Breiner, S. J. (2003). On being a psychohistorian. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 19-20. https://doi.org/10.70763/92b70a527191ca64ca2df1cc32142646
- Rappoport, L. (2003). Neglected works in psychohistory. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 20-21. https://doi.org/10.70763/83a100ec3c2c30751156cea2d60aacbe
- Pois, R. (2003). My psychohistorical classics. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.70763/937936029af671cf479fa893db91cbdd
THE CHILD PSYCHOLOGY OF MR. ROGERS
- Daschke, D. (2003). The trolley and the tunnel. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 1, 22. https://doi.org/10.70763/da0dba87d95286d836e37ca60ab1e734
- Plante, T. G. (2003). “Won’t you be my neighbor?”: Mr. Rogers as an ethical model. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.70763/8383f931b0cefcc631f070480ef340e1
- Levine, L. E. (2003). Mr. Rogers: The nature of the man. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.70763/f845cbb24a82dabdee971c6f7719f89d
- Rogers, H. J. (2003). “Mr. Rogers preaching.” Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 24-26. https://doi.org/10.70763/a3842ed7b3d0fe3ac263bcabd2999790
- Elovitz, P. H. (2003). Interview with J. Lee Shneidman [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/b6f97e6f0fd175613910d613d574d0cb
- Turken, H. (2003). Fame: Erikson family materials. Clio’s Psyche, 10(1), 31-32. https://doi.org/10.70763/c0f52c6624ae1359e105c8a5d8cd956a
BULLETIN BOARD
The next Psychohistory Forum WORK INPROGRESS SATURDAY SEMINAR will be on September 20, 2003, when Lawrence Friedman (Indiana University) will speak on “Erik Erikson and Erich Fromm.” For the fall and winter seminars we are working to schedule Vamik Volkan (Center for Mind and Human Interaction at the University of Virginia) and Omer Bartov (Brown University).
CONFERENCE: On April 12, 2003, in Manhattan, the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) held its 31st annual conference on the topic of “Analytic Positions in the Exploration of Emotional Memory.” The keynote speaker was Lawrence Friedman, who spoke on “Addressing the Common Denominator of Thought, Action, and Emotion.” Names especially familiar to our readers among the many people making it a successful conference were Ellen Mendel, Margery Quackenbush, and Alan Roland.
MEMBERS CITED AS AUTHORITIES: When George Victor and David Beisel were recently shown on television as authorities for a History Channel program on Hitler and Stalin, they joined a growing list of members who have been called upon for their expertise.
AWARDS: Congratulations to Paul Elovitz on receipt of a lifetime achievement award as the founder and advisor to the Ramapo College History Club which was hailed as an outstanding student organization.
MOVED: Rita Ransohoff has moved to a retirement community in Connecticut. To contact her, call 2033151406 or write her at Evergreen Woods, North Branford, CT.
DEATHS: In March, of two who contributed to psychohistory: Elliott Jaques (age 88), psychoanalyst and management theorist, and Frank Manuel (age 92), historian and psychobiographer. Clio’s Psyche welcomes obituaries on these individuals for our next issue.
CORRECTION: In the March 2003 Clio’s Psyche (Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 163164) article by Flora Hogman, “The Effects of Strong Emotions on Memory and the Recreation of History,” it was the French school teacher rather than the Germans who asked the first grade students who was Jewish.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, Andrew Brink, and Ralph Colp; Patrons Peter Petschauer, H. John Rogers, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members David Beisel, Mary Coleman, Jay Gonen, Robert Pois, and Connalee and Lee Shneidman; Supporting Members C. Fred Alford, Rudolph Binion, Peter Loewenberg, and Jacqueline Paulson; and Members Richard Harrison, Nancy Kobrin, Maria Miliora, Dom and Mena Potts, Vivian Rosenberg, Hanna Turken, and George Victor. Our thanks for thought-provoking materials to Herbert Barry, Rudolph Binion, Sander Breiner, Kelly Bulkeley, Dereck Daschke, Geri Kirschner Elovitz, David Felix, Juhani Ihanus, Laura Levine, David Lotto, Sergio Medeiros, Thomas Plante, Bob Pois, Leon Rappoport, H. John Rogers, J. Lee Shneidman, Hanna Turken, Nancy Unger, Junia Vilhena, and Victor Wolfenstein.
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Call for Papers
The Psychology of America as an Imperial Power
Some possible approaches to this topic include:
- The “Why” of imperialism
- Why other countries and peoples see America as imperialistic
- Emotions aroused by words such as “occupation,” “world’s policeman,” and “empire”
- The “imperial personality”
- George W. Bush as imperial president
- Psychodynamics of the neoconservatives who advocate imperialism
- Comparing modern America with Roman and British empires
Length: 5001500 words
Deadline: Oct. 15 Contact Bob Lentz, Associate Editor
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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
