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Volume 14 Number 4March 2008
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
THE ART, CREATIVITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING SPECIAL ISSUE
- O’Brien, N. (2008). A gerontologist reflects on aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.70763/b8cfbf77a3d250a4523ba67a65a7d031
THE ART, CREATIVITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING SPECIAL ISSUE: CREATIVITY AND INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS
- Burger, J. (2008). Using imagination in aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 108-110. https://doi.org/10.70763/cd3109c63bf4323e6b987a5923becb96
- Quackenbush, R. (2008). Children’s perceptions of aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 110-111. https://doi.org/10.70763/7f848746fe2599dc199a75f0d02fc3d6
THE ART, CREATIVITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING SPECIAL ISSUE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AGE CONSCIOUSNESS
- Lyman, R. (2008). Age and aging in Chaucer’s time (1342-1400). Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 112-114. https://doi.org/10.70763/5c971edc0c2cc92fc99b5a3609450cb7
THE ART, CREATIVITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING SPECIAL ISSUE: CARE TAKING AT A DISTANCE
- Petschauer, P. (2008). Aging family in decline at a distance. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 114-116. https://doi.org/10.70763/84f5ddd735176becc72c3b1ff424149e
- Seymour, J. (2008). Designated caretakers of the aged in Guyana. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 116-118. https://doi.org/10.70763/bac49b876d5dfc9cd169c22ef5178ca7
THE ART, CREATIVITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING SPECIAL ISSUE: WOMEN PROFESSIONALS CONFRONTING AGING
- O’Brien, L. A. (2008). Creative aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 118-120. https://doi.org/10.70763/ba500f04049a8eece1e23e36ea7bbab0
- Bernhard, W. (2008). Women’s creative aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 120-122. https://doi.org/10.70763/f7dd39d47c6f28f7877155ccffad0192
THE ART, CREATIVITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING SPECIAL ISSUE: SOME PSYCHOANALYSTS AND PSYCHOHISTORIANS DISCUSS AGING
- Breiner, S. J. (2008). A psychoanalyst/psychohistorian looks at aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 122-124. https://doi.org/10.70763/ce11641e056f7b59aef8e9a42eaeb65b
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). Confronting aging meeting report [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 124-126. https://doi.org/10.70763/af87f7cdcda223c41c3f3ef05a3aaeea
- Isaacs, M. S. (2008). A relocated psychoanalyst reflects on aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 126-128. https://doi.org/10.70763/99607461cdb9c26e2bd5f31b12dcf27a
- Simms, N. (2008). Why I love being a bitter old man. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 128-130. https://doi.org/10.70763/18903e4430783a191b0cfab439daaef8
- Elovitz, P. H., & O’Brien, N. (2008). Confronting the aging process and thoughts for healthy aging. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 130-133. https://doi.org/10.70763/36165c62f7b7df72863d470d73302627
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). George Vaillant: The pleasure of aging well [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.70763/810462d01f318bd13e628a77fc3f92c0
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DIALOGUE
- Lotto, D. (2008). Tweedledum and Tweedledee: Why presidential elections are irrelevant. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 105, 140-141. https://doi.org/10.70763/c10f48884c9c7fdbd9a7959c59eebea8
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). Leaders and psychobiographical studies make a difference. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 142-144. https://doi.org/10.70763/5e7d00134ba3a8b3e37edf5038bc51fc
- Lotto, D. (2008). Rejoinder to Elovitz. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 144-146. https://doi.org/10.70763/0fe6a94848e5c68a54010b61b3e94b0e
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). Our disappointing Tweedledum/Tweedledee exchange. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 146-147. https://doi.org/10.70763/6e4243f5511fd6ef0f03e9f386d54403
- Jeansonne, G., & Luhrssen, D. (2008). Obama the Reconciler. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 147-148. https://doi.org/10.70763/fd4771e85e1f916f239624486bff502d
BOOK REVIEWS
- Szaluta, J. (2008). Falk’s examination of Napoleon’s self-defeatism [Review of the book Napoleon against Himself by Avner Falk (2007)]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 148-150. https://doi.org/10.70763/dae3312c4c6c7000a37ecfb7b0aeb0e4
- Ihanus, J. (2008). Heller-Roazen on language relations [Review of the book Echolalias: On the Forgetting of Language by Daniel Heller-Roazen (2005)]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 150-152. https://doi.org/10.70763/25daeb9b3072e9c53f66a2196a92a011
- Harris, J. (2008). Dynamic psychology in British Novels [Review of the book Dynamic Psychology in Modernist British Fiction by George M. Johnson (2006)]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 152-153. https://doi.org/10.70763/0b33f2e8843e8b440dd8caf7086995b0
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Barry, H. (2008). An early memory of aging [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.70763/5a66b9200f29ac3fa0ae244cc2a51b39
- Rancour-Laferriere, D. (2008). Response to Don Carveth’s review of my Russian icons book [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 154-155. https://doi.org/10.70763/d94fd74dcde1aa553be72c1006578b23
- Dervin, D. (2008). Continuing dialogue with Tom Ferraro on the Don Imus affair [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 14(4), 155-156. https://doi.org/10.70763/2109737282d2c2de4fc5534be26c9bb6
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: The next Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Saturday Seminar will be on March 26, 2008. The general topic is “Love and Hate in Relationships” with presentations by Jean Hantman of Toronto on “Aggression in Long Term Relationship and Progressive Emotional Communication” and Jane Goldberg of New York on “Passionate Infernal: Relations of Love.” On April 26, 2008 our general theme is “The Psychology of Confronting Death and Dying” and the speakers and topics are Irene Javors on “Recollections on the Death of a Colleague” and Margery Quackenbush on “Psychoanalytic and Personal Reflections on the Death of My Grandmother.” We will have our usual fall election year meeting on “Psychobiographical and Psychological Aspects of Election 2008” with presentations by Herbert Barry, Paul Elovitz, and others. Lacan psychoanalysts have a March 28-30, 2008 conference “On Love” at the University of Pennsylvania. The 31st Annual International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) will be held at Fordham Law School in Manhattan on June, 2-4, 2008 with the Forum sponsoring panels on the 2008 election candidates and trauma that will include presenters Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Dan Dervin, Paul Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, and others. The next International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) conference will be held on July 9-12, 2008 at the Sciences Po in Paris with a Forum sponsored meeting, “Trauma, War, and Disillusionment,” with presentations by David Beisel, Rudolph Binion, Paul Elovitz, and Ken Fuchsman. Following that the 2009 ISPP conference will be in Dublin at Trinity College and the 2010 conference at the Mark Hopkins Hospital in San Francisco.
NOTES ON MEMBERS AND PUBLICATIONS: Congratulations to Ruth Dale Meyer on the publication of her book, Clio’s Circle: Entering the Imagined World of Historians (Spring Journal Books). Joan Lachkar will be presenting “The ‘Vulnerable Spot from Emotional Abuse” on March 28th at 7 pm at Dutton’s Brentwood Books in Los Angeles in celebration of the publication of her book on the subject. Ralph Colp’s long-awaited book, Darwin ‘s Illness (including “Darwin’s Diary of Health”), is scheduled for publication in late May by the University Press of Florida. On April 10th Flora Hogman will present “Benchmarks, Including 9/11, in the Process of Integrating Dissociated Holocaust
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Experiences” at the American Psychoanalytic Association Division of Psychoanalysis (39) April 9-13 at the Waldorf Astoria of the conference on “Knowing, Not-knowing & Knowing: Psychoanalysis and the Experience of Uncertainty.” Our thoughts are with Ralph Colp, Mary Lambert, and Lee Shneidman, who are all struggling with illness.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, Ralph Colp, David Lotto, and Terence O’Leary; Patrons David Beisel, Mary Lambert, and Lee (and the late Connalee) Shneidman; Sustaining Members Andrew Brink, Peter Petschauer, and Jacques Szaluta; Supporting Members Willa Bernhard, Rudolph Binion, Eva Fogelman, Lauren O’Leary, and Daniel Rancour-Laferriere; Members Michael Britton, Kar-en Callaghan, Don Carveth, Paul Elovitz, Nadra Hashim, Flora Hogman, Glen Jeansonne, Harry Keyishian, Daniel Klenbort, Marvin Leibowitz, Vivian Rosenberg, Christine Silverstein, Stanley Teitelbaum, and Richard Weiss. Our appreciation to Forum hosts Mary Lambert and the Brookdale Foundation (Thanks to Nora O’Brien). Our special thanks for thought provoking materials to Herbert Barrry, Willa Bernhard, Sander Breiner, Julia Burger, Dan Dervin, Paul Elovitz, Judith Harris, Juhani Ihanus, Michael Isaacs, Glen Jeansonne, David Lotto, Dave Luhrssen, Richard Lyman, Lorraine Andreana O’Brien, Nora O’Brien, Robert Quackenbush, Peter Petschauer, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, Joan Seymour, Norman Simms, Jacques Szaluta, and George Vaillant. To Caitlin Adams for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2003 software application, and to Matthew Reed for editing and proofreading. Our special thanks to our numerous referees, who must remain anonymous.
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Call for Papers
Psychology of Sports
Special Issue, June 2008
Some possible approaches to this topic include:
- The unfettered expression of emotion in sports
- Idealization and denigration of sports and athletes
- Baseball as the national pastime a psychohistorical viewpoint
- Personal and national identity through sports
- 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games the politicalization of sports
- The development and psychology of professional sports
- Steroid and alcohol abuse among athletes
- Girls and women in sports
- The dreams, psychodynamics, and sacrifices of the parents of athletes
- Sports as a preparation for competitive, corporate life
- The psychological function of different sports
- Sports as “the moral equivalent of war” (William James)
- Sexuality in sports
- NASCAR Nation, Indy 500 motivations of drivers, fans, and viewers
- Health, injury, and the wounded hero syndrome in sports
- The internationalization of sports
- Sports extravaganzas: Super Bowl, World Series, World Cup, March Madness
- Aggression and cooperation on the playing field
- Sports movies catching the spirit of an era or sport
- The psychology of sports betting
- Essay book reviews of major studies of sports
- The team and the superstar
- Sports psychology the experiences and role of coaches and therapists
are due by
April 15, 2008. One long article may be accepted.
Please send an abstract or outline ASAP.
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Call for Papers
The Psychology and Experience of Facing Death and Dying
Deadline: October 15, 2008
Some possible approaches include:
- What constitutes a “good death?”
- The denial of death
- How people prepare to die
- Stages in the process of dying
- The humor of death and dying
- Responses to the death of a loved one
- The treatment of death by the family, professionals, and society
- Intergenerational psychodynamics in facing death and dying and its aftermath
- Death in the cinema—the films of Ingmar Bergman and others
- Case studies of the death of famous people such as Churchill, Freud, and Jefferson
- The deification in death of Princess Diana, Elvis Presley, et al.
- Responses to the death of the hero or tyrant
- Psychological insights on death in literature
- Suicide and assisted suicide
- Suicide in war and terrorism
- Cross cultural approaches to death and dying » How victims of the Holocaust and other genocides deal with death in their lives
- Case studies from hospice workers,
- therapists, and thanatologists
- The body after death: autopsy, burial, cremation, and various death rituals
- Reviews of books on death by Nuland, et al.
(and one long
piece) are welcome. Contact Editor
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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers
Presidential Election 2008
Papers to be submitted by July 1st for the September 2008 issue
Dear Colleagues,
With the 2008 presidential race narrowed down to a field of three major candidates Clinton, McCain, and Obama there is an extraordinary amount of interest in the election. This attention is compounded by intense feelings about the condition of the economy, the war in Iraq, issues of gender and race, and the direction of the country. We had an unparalleled response to our December 2007 Special Issue on the Psychology of the Election, yet there is so much more that can be explored.
We would like to invite you and other colleagues to probe the subject for the September 2008 issue of Clio’s Psyche: Understanding the “Why” of Culture, Current Events, History, and Society. We welcome different types of submissions, including case studies, with psychological insights on a variety of aspects of the election such as:
Dear Colleagues,
With the 2008 presidential race narrowed down to a field of three major candidates Clinton, McCain, and Obama there is an extraordinary amount of interest in the election. This attention is compounded by intense feelings about the condition of the economy, the war in Iraq, issues of gender and race, and the direction of the country. We had an unparalleled response to our December 2007 Special Issue on the Psychology of the Election, yet there is so much more that can be explored.
We would like to invite you and other colleagues to probe the subject for the September 2008 issue of Clio’s Psyche: Understanding the “Why” of Culture, Current Events, History, and Society. We welcome different types of submissions, including case studies, with psychological insights on a variety of aspects of the election such as:
- Psychobiographical explorations of Clinton, McCain, Nader, and Obama
- The narcissism of minor differences: hopes and fears for a woman or a racially different presidential candidate
- The relationship between the leader and the led in the 2008 election
- Comparing the impacts of Vietnam and Iraq on presidential politics
- Hillary Clinton’s identification with children: from the Yale Child Study Team until now
- Clinton hatred as a factor in the electoral process
- Clinton nostalgia
- President Bill Clinton’s love of campaigning and role in the campaign
- Barack Obama’s search for a black American identity
- Obama’s search for father figures and what it means should he be elected president
- What “change” and “hope” mean to Barack Obama
- John McCain: the psychology of the outsider as insider
- John McCain as the lifelong maverick: the military man as president
- The family roots of Ralph Nader’s puritanical righteousness
- Spouses and children of the candidates
- Perils of verbal (and non-verbal) slips along the campaign trail -for example, George
Romney’s 1968 “brainwashing” on Vietnam; why some but not others are forgiven
- Cycles in American politics
- The mood of the voters the energized and the stay-at-home non-voters
- The psychology of independent voters
- Psychobiographical insights from candidates’ books and autobiographies
We are seeking articles from 500-1500 words including your brief biography by July 1 for our September issue. Expressions of interest and preferably an abstract or outline prior to June 1 are requested. Articles should be e-mailed as attached Microsoft Word documents or rich text format (*.rtf) files. Submissions the editors deem suitable are anonymously refereed. Visit our Web site at www.cliospsyche.org.
Sincerely yours,
Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, Historian, Psychoanalyst, Professor, and Editor, Clio’s Psyche
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