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Volume 15 Number 3December 2008
ISSN 1080-2622
Articles (32)
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: IMPACT OF DEATH ON THE FAMILY
- Charles, M. (2008). Grief in the family: A mother’s view. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 105, 107-112. https://doi.org/10.70763/03db60c2331018b18c4166c1787072fe
- King, D. C. (2008). Grief in the family: A daughter’s view. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 112-115. https://doi.org/10.70763/d958e1f17d03638bba20ad39b2fb989e
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). Grief and loss of a loved one in the Bush family. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 115-118. https://doi.org/10.70763/254a5ecb7ac40cc6c8ff9402f37eb585
- Berman, J. (2008). The pedagogy of mourning and death education. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 118-120. https://doi.org/10.70763/172fd0d638b3282151bd8f3d652cb640
- Quackenbush, M. C. (2008). My grandmother’s death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 120-122. https://doi.org/10.70763/3091d86c09a002e144f4ec506eada3d7
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: CHOICES IN DYING
- Barry, H. (2008). Choosing when to die. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 124-125. https://doi.org/10.70763/e80ba3de4e2f156e3bdf5b3596b36ca4
- Petschauer, P. (2008). Micky’s “good” death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 125-127. https://doi.org/10.70763/fcbfab2f4cda26061ed9e3ee96a4fd61
- Smith, D. I. (2008). Is a good death an oxymoron? Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 127-128. https://doi.org/10.70763/3b777b775721dfa8d36de2a320a03e53
- Fox, A., & Jaffe, E. (2008). Hope. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 128-130. https://doi.org/10.70763/e092aed5316b555a770029849e06a7de
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: FANTASIES OF DEATH
- Ihanus, J. (2008). Technoculture and virtual death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 130-132. https://doi.org/10.70763/a883bbca3f8bc8814ff676cb0e91829a
- Ferraro, T. (2008). All that death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 132-134. https://doi.org/10.70763/39144da5a6180c47885443c83547ec14
- Piven, J. (2008). Death, psyche, and evil. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 134-137. https://doi.org/10.70763/c39e1a03859f9ee215bc49131d0caf33
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: DEATH ANXIETY AND THREATS
- Reed, M. M. (2008). Experiencing my father’s life and illness. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 137-138. https://doi.org/10.70763/6a12d7ebc27cae44623468302c47ad74
- Javors, I. (2008). Reflections of the death of a colleague. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 138-141. https://doi.org/10.70763/c0cccc24dd23ded67404f5e511c342b0
- Geifman, A. (2008). Terrorism and shared death anxiety. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.70763/16437d40c29a1a7b1e78143c9c38f289
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: FACING AND DREAMING OF CANCER
- Harris, J. (2008). From My Breast Cancer Journal. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 143-144. https://doi.org/10.70763/80384bb51273c4bd610693564d31e860
- Pannier, W. (2008). Dreams of cancer patients approaching death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 144-146. https://doi.org/10.70763/a709909b1ea5c2bee24248203b1728a5
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: DEATH, HISTORY, AND RESURRECTION
- Rancour-Laferriere, D. (2008). From death to resurrection: The case of Jesus. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 146-148. https://doi.org/10.70763/d0f88bfbf93f5078ff06490082883764
- Quitt, M. H. (2008). Aging correspondents: Adams and Jefferson on God, friendship, and death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 148-150. https://doi.org/10.70763/a292685556cdeb779dbc336e83dfb3cb
- Fogelman, E. (2008). Psychological dynamics in aging survivors of the Holocaust. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 150-152. https://doi.org/10.70763/5a2b8fee6a50b5594ecc5041eed53650
- MacMillen, S. L. (2008). “Post-modern” death and bereavement. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 153-155. https://doi.org/10.70763/a29a5ba2cb7bdeabba22de8c83321b46
- Unger, N. (2008). The Civil War’s challenge to perceptions of death. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 105, 155-157. https://doi.org/10.70763/4f52c16c93e61c9e1c25f529932b0071
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFRONTING DEATH AND DYING: GUILT, FEAR OF THE DEAD, AND BURIAL THE CIVIL WAR’S CHALLENGE
- Simms, N. (2008). Guilt and frustration in facing death in my family. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 157-158. https://doi.org/10.70763/7d1e6b02af59efefd53323255d6ded3d
- Breiner, S. (2008). The importance of mourning and burial. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 158-160. https://doi.org/10.70763/3e10f9cfe8030470e507965881025ab8
MEMORIALS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). Ralph Colp: Darwin scholar and psychiatrist [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 105, 160-162. https://doi.org/10.70763/17d187eaf6157b4e219552d6a187290a
- Moore, J. (2008). My friendship with Ralph Colp [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 162-163. https://doi.org/10.70763/8989e07fc124e7a9bcbdebcc8ace2bc0
FREE ASSOCIATIONS OF POST-ELECTION AMERICA
- Elovitz, P. H. (2008). Thinking about and laughing at Biden and Palin. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 164-168. https://doi.org/10.70763/fa385fb5a8e79b41a0d37b12c9f95996
- Beisel, D. R. (2008). Our own worst enemy and the 2008 fiscal crisis. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 105, 168-170. https://doi.org/10.70763/749a8e6c231831ef7756db230b4359c8
BOOK REVIEWS
- Gibbs, T. (2008). Slowing down, paying attention on the frontier of death [Review of the book The Wisdom of Wilderness: Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature by Gerald G. May (2006)]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 170-171. https://doi.org/10.70763/a383d162a97be62a400e00c320eae9c7
- Miller, E. (2008). Narrating a traumatic death from cancer [Review of the book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2000)]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 172-174. https://doi.org/10.70763/1763ea5a7e72dd7ee64073c2dda7a7a8
FILM REVIEWS
- Jeansonne, G., & Luhrssen, D. (2008). The mystical aspect of athletics in the peaceful warrior [Review of the film The Peaceful Warrior by Victor Salva (2006)]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 174-175. https://doi.org/10.70763/92b78b60f9d00a0ac34898be97d15188
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Brown, C., & Brown, G. (2008). A risk-taking, death-defying mentality in Alaska [Letter to the editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 15(3), 176-177. https://doi.org/10.70763/db53e24fbc4e5a62aaa6e92f6bd1167f
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: The next scheduled Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Saturday Seminar will be January 31 when Irene Javors and Cassandra Langer will present “A Psychobiography of the Expatriate American Painter Romaine Brooks.” The Psychohistory Forum will organize a panel at the 32nd Annual International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) at Fordham Law School in Manhattan on June 10-12, 2009. Presentation proposals are still being accepted. The July 13-17, 2009 International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) conference will be at Trinity College in Dublin.
NOTES ON MEMBERS: We are saddened at the death on October 11 of our Editorial Board and devoted Psychohistorical Forum member Ralph Colp from prostate cancer, whose memorial starts on page 105. We welcome new members Kelly Bulkeley, Tom Ferraro, Judith Gardner, and Martin Quitt.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, David Lotto, Terence O’Leary, and Peter Petschauer; Patrons David Beisel, Peter Loewenberg, and Shirley Stewart; Sustaining Members Dick Booth, Ken Fuchsman and Jacques Szaluta; Supporting Members Eva Fogelman, Susan Gregory, Dom and Mena Potts, Martin Quitt, Hanna Turken, Jim Sherrier, and Nancy Unger; Members Kelly Bulkeley, Susan Charney, Geoffrey Cocks, Tom Ferraro, Flora Hogman, Michael Isaacs, Irene Javors, Glen Jeansonne, Roberta Rubin, and Victor Wolfenstein. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Jeff Berman, Sander Breiner, carolyn and George Brown, Marilyn Charles, Paul Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Eva Fogelman, Anna Geifman, Tom Gibbs, Judith Harris, Andrea Fox, Juhani Ihanus, Emily Jaffe, Irene Javors, Glen Jeansonne, Devon Charles King, David Luhrssen, Sarah MacMillen, Elise Miller, James (Jim) Moore, Ruth Neubauer, Wendy Pannier, Peter Petschauer, Jerry Piven, Margery Quackenbush, Martin Quitt, Matthew Reed, Daniel Rancour-Lafferriere, and Norman Simms. To Caitlin Adams for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2003 software application, and to Matthew Reed for some editing. Our special thanks to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.
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Call for Papers
Special Feature, March 2009
Psychological insights on:
- Greed and fear, mania and panic in economics
- The “collective delusion” of the housing bubble
- Psychological and economic depression compared
- Rhetoric and reality in capitalism
- Psychobiographical sketches of economic leaders
- The “creative destruction” of capitalism
- The role of narcissism in economics
- Why can’t consumers save in America?
- Parasitic capitalism in post-Soviet Russia
- State and private capitalism in communist China
- Globalizing economic and fiscal crisis
- Resistance to psychoeconomics by economists
- Reviews of books and films on economics, including Greenspan’s Age of Turbulence
Deadline: January 15, 2009
Articles of 1500 words (and two long pieces) are welcome.
Contact: Guest Co-Editor Bob Lentz at or Paul Elovitz at
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Call for Papers
Psychoanalysis of Love and Hate: A Retrospective
Special Issue, March 2009
Some possible texts to be reviewed include:
- Sigmund Freud – Psychology of Love
- Ian Suttie – Origins of Love and Hate
- Melanie Klein & Joan Riviere – Love, Hate & Reparation
- Erich Fromm – The Art of Loving
- Theodor Reik – Of Love and Lust
- Michael Balint – Primary Love and Psychoanalytic Technique
- Rollo May – Love and Will
- Reuben Fine – The Meaning of Love in Human Experience
- Jessica Benjamin – Bonds of Love
- Ethel S. Person – Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters
- Jonathan Lear – Love and Its Place in Nature
- Martin Bergmann – The Anatomy of Loving
- Jane Goldberg – The Dark Side of Love
- Otto Kernberg – Love Relations
- Ilham Dilman – Love: Its Forms, Dimensions and Paradoxes
- Stephen A. Mitchell – Can Love Last?
- David Mann (editor) – Love and Hate
- Andre Green & Gregorio Kohon – Love and Its Vicissitudes
- Mario Mikulincer & Gail Goodman (editors) – Dynamics of Romantic Love
- Joseph Lichtenberg – Sensuality and Sexuality across the Divide of Shame
- Leo Bersani & Adam Phillips. – Intimacies
Deadline: January 10, 2009
Articles of 1000-1500 words (and one long piece) are welcome, as are additional suggestions.
Contact: Guest 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
