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Volume 13 Number 4March 2007
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 (22)
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST SPECIAL ISSUE
- Richman, S. (2007). Experiencing the Holocaust: Reverberations of a hidden childhood. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 179-182. https://doi.org/10.70763/926c11cc055de9b8d697b6a587d40c4d
- Roth-Hano, R. (2007). A child of the Holocaust living in the shadow of anti-Semitism. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 182-184. https://doi.org/10.70763/fd2ae8ec902471d8956fca3486031013
- Hogman, F. (2007). Forging my new identity as a Holocaust researcher. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 184-186. https://doi.org/10.70763/658bbbdef9415ba5e2ff857f1146ba6e
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST SPECIAL ISSUE: SECTION II RESCUERS
- Fogelman, E. (2007). What I learned from the Nazi Holocaust. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 186-189. https://doi.org/10.70763/b7f520a55897b35e6eb462bbf80915c6
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST SPECIAL ISSUE: SECTION III EXPLORING WHY AND THE PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
- Petschauer, P. (2007). Holocaust considerations. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 189-191. https://doi.org/10.70763/c5a0ac0e2f48af1a4e619e7036fe5977
- Saltzman, A. L. (2007). “Obedience to Authority” in understanding Genocide. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 191-193. https://doi.org/10.70763/99f42c473afe0eb4bd047ae133b851fc
- Rappoport, L. (2007). Some reflections on the Holocaust. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 193-194. https://doi.org/10.70763/1c208ee88299e7d6d6eff86e6879384e
- Elovitz, P. H. (2007). Surviving the Holocaust and Working for a World without Genocide. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 194-196. https://doi.org/10.70763/48000647b315f6f00f913caa757a70b3
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOLOCAUST SPECIAL ISSUE: SECTION IV LESSONS AND CONCLUSIONS
- Zieman, I. (2007). Jewish and universal lessons from the Holocaust. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 197-199. https://doi.org/10.70763/d9909824688daaad46d441eefd81eb38
- Elovitz, P. H. (2007). The transformation of Holocaust scholarship. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 199-201. https://doi.org/10.70763/e520f70ac3930490458892665cda6620
- Rancour-Laferriere, D. (2007). Observations on psychoanalysis in contemporary Russia. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 179, 201-204. https://doi.org/10.70763/228669109aa3ab1b4ec06b7722efb105
- Elovitz, P. H. (2007). C. Fred Alford: Professor of government and distinguished scholar-teacher [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 179, 204-210. https://doi.org/10.70763/677fa4059ee76333f9bb9a7920aef719
SYMPOSIUM ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SAVINGS IN CHINA AND THE U.S.
- Ferraro, T., & Xu, L. (2007). Comparisons and reflections on the psychology of savings. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 179, 210-212. https://doi.org/10.70763/f5f3b8d720f34ebebceb7765e447268b
- Collins, R. M. (2007). Even Cassandra needs to Disaggregate. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 212-213. https://doi.org/10.70763/15b3342aa0abd5176b93d68ddf95e3ce
- Felix, D. (2007). Reflections on the psychology of psychologists and economists. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 213-214. https://doi.org/10.70763/6dd3e6a48b7117f6ae04a6664beb740b
- Reynolds, E. (2007). Savings habits of people in China and the United States. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 214-215. https://doi.org/10.70763/6fd9a99a5abed788d9afc9d52d54e91b
- Elovitz, P. H. (2007). Free associations on saving money and enemies. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 215-217. https://doi.org/10.70763/d1e39c9bda5c80ac3d8ea9d658163967
- Ferraro, T., & Xu, L. (2007). Responding to two views of the American economy. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 217-218. https://doi.org/10.70763/a91bc76c2a6302e573badedcbf57bf7a
MEMORIALS
- Felix, D. (2007). Friedman and Keynes: Economics and psyche [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 218-220. https://doi.org/10.70763/f610a13de080fb8df6cf972fc01ad93f
BOOK REVIEWS
- Petschauer, P. (2007). One man’s work to make the world less violent [Review of the book Killings in the Name of Identity: A Study of Bloody Conflicts by Vamık Volkan (2006)]. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 220-222. https://doi.org/10.70763/61d009da208a34ae155420e55f97abc7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Seymour, J. T. (2007). Re-inventing myself after working at the United Nations [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 222-223. https://doi.org/10.70763/5fc34ed307aac159a30d81181c99847e
MEMORIALS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2007). In memoriam: Connalee Shneidman (1930-2007) [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 13(4), 224-226. https://doi.org/10.70763/fb3ea77a2b3f8e7cb0e4e6699568d43d
BULLETIN BOARD
At our next Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Saturday Seminar on April 28, 2007 Ken Fuchsman (University of Connecticut) will present “The Psychology of Atrocity in Guerrilla Warfare.”
MEETINGS: The FPR-UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference will be held on March 30-April 1, 2007 at UCLA; the 30th Annual Int. Psychohistorical Ass. (IPA) meetings will be in Manhattan on June 6-8, 2007; the 30th annual meetings of the Int. Society of Political Psych. (ISPP) will be in Portland Oregon on July 3-6, 2007, and the “Humanistic Psychotherapies for the 21st Century” conference will be held on August 14-16, 2007 in San Francisco.
BOOKS: Congratulations to Ralph Colp on the University Press of Florida accepting To Be An Invalid: The Illness of Charles Darwin for republication with Darwin’s “Diary of Health” and much other new information; to Robert (Bob) Collins on the 2006 publication by Columbia University of his Transforming America: Politics and Culture In The Reagan Years; to Ruth Meyer for the forthcoming publication by Spring Journal Publishers of Clio’s Circle: Entering the Imaginal World of Historians; to George Victor on the recent publication of The Pearl Myth: Rethinking the Unthinkable (Potomac Books, 2007); (Victor is also making excellent progress on Christian Fundamentalism and Genocide); and to Daniel Burstein for the 2007 publication of Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics, and Evolution.
NOTES: As chair of the China Development Committee of the International Psychoanalytic Association Peter Loewenberg will be training colleagues in Shanghai from May 12-17, 2007. John V. Knapp (e-mail: ) has assumed the editorship of the literary journal, Style, which welcomes essays on the new psychologies as well as on pedagogy in addition to stylistic and narrative essays.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry and Ralph Colp; Patrons David Beisel, Andrew Brink, Mary Lambert, Peter Loewenberg, David Lotto, Lee Shneidman, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Member Peter Petschauer; Supporting Members Jacqueline Paulsen and Lee Solomon, and Members Ben Brody, Richard Harrison, Harry Keyishian, Marvin Leibowitz, Ruth Neubauer, Margerie Quackenbush, Doris Pfeffer, Roberta Rubin, and Stanley Teitelbaum. Our appreciation to Forum hosts Mary Lambert and Lee Shneidman. Our special thanks for thought provoking materials to Fred Alford, Bob Collins, Paul Elovitz, David Felix, Tom Ferraro, Eva Fogelman, Flora Hogman, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, Peter Petschauer, Leon Rappoport, Edryce Reynolds, Sophia Richman, Renee Roth-Hano, Ann Salzman, Joan Seymour, Peter Schwab, Lily Xu, and Isaac Zieman. To Cathryn Davis, for proofreading and Theresa Graziano for proofing/editing/ Publisher 2003 software application. Also, to Bob Lentz for copyediting the Holocaust Special Issue and Savings Symposium. We wish to thank our numerous referees, who must remain anonymous.
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The Psychology, Experience, and Art of Aging
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- Fantasies and realities of the “golden years”
- Changing self-image, body image, and identity
- Coping with disease, dependency, mental and physical decline: the fear of Alzheimer’s
- The search for eternal youth
- The humor of old age and retirement
- Facing narcissistic blows and loss
- Marginalization and infantilization
- Confronting the prospect of death
Length: 500-1500 words (and one long piece)
Articles are welcome. Go to our website for a detailed Call for Papers.
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Call for Papers
Psychological Insights on the 2008 Presidential Election
Some possible approaches include:
- Psychobiographical sketches of candidates
- The impact of the Iraq War
- Gender, race, religion, and ethnicity
- Thoughts on Bill Clinton as “First Gentleman”
- The testing of the first woman president
- Is America ready for a black president?
- The psychology of political humor
- Issues of cheating, divorce, and infidelity
- The “Internet election,” impact of blogs
- Fantasy elections: “West Wing” and the movies
- Cycles of idealization and denigration
- The relationship between the leader and the led
Length: 500-1500 words (and one long piece)
Articles are welcome. Go to our website for a detailed Call for Papers. Cliospsyche.org
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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
