The Making of Psychohistory: Origins, Controversies, and Pioneering Contributors by Dr. Paul H. Elovitz, PhD (2018) – follow the link to order from the publisher (ISBN # 978-1-138-58749-6, use FLR40 code to get a 20% discount).
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Volume 16 Number 2September 2009
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 PSYCHOLOGY OF REMEMBERING 9/11 SPECIAL ISSUE: THE USES AND ABUSES OF TRAUMA
- Elovitz, P. H. (2009). A psychohistorical retrospective on September 11, 2001. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.70763/e4270771aa8df98b3317d174170ca046
- Strozier, C. B. (2009). American exceptionalism and the apocalyptic dimension of 9/11. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 121-125. https://doi.org/10.70763/24646475ed957884ca39b0c1d9cc06b2
- Ferraro, T. (2009). The collapsed twin towers: The symbol for a culture adrift. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 125-128. https://doi.org/10.70763/80f2f15983422987ea30d77bb531be86
HEALING AND LIVING WITH PTSD AND TERRORISM
- Javors, I. (2009). Reflections on the effects of my psychotherapeutic work at Ground Zero after 9/11. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 129-132. https://doi.org/10.70763/d10ddbe86fe1df4e50c91d66087cbc6a
- Quackenbush, R. (2009). Learning from 9/11 first responders how to live with our fears. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 132-136. https://doi.org/10.70763/f3f1fa1e4348bfbebdeee8c80a04c3b9
- Knafo, D. (2009). Learning from Israel: Open to life. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 137-141. https://doi.org/10.70763/e68879a4839773d105f0689875dace83
ACADEMIC STUDIES
- Saltzman, A. L. (2009). The impact of 9/11 on American psychology. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.70763/386854131f58a556343e056f03626e00
- Beer, F. A., Healy, A, F., & Bourne, L. E., Jr. (2009). Variable effects of terrorism: From the lab to the real world. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 148-153. https://doi.org/10.70763/4502591a3be059858cf9e9d763134ee3
- Bowker, M. H. (2009). The absurdity of terror. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.70763/54e8912427a8d007ece906c577fdca60
CONSEQUENCES
- Dervin, D. (2009). Playing the trauma card after 9/11? Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 158-163. https://doi.org/10.70763/b3af1c7992383988a4bd73c7e9f14759
- Piven, J. S. (2009). Ambivalence and apathy regarding post 9/11 torture. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.70763/6074c6aa3488f3c2dddff2a7ca821aab
- Elovitz, P. H. (2009). Nancy Kobrin’s journey from psychoanalytic practice to combating terrorism [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 169-182. https://doi.org/10.70763/33bdf955c5d92555d8977eff1c5815c5
HISTORICAL AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
- Geifman, A. (2009). Terrorism’s cult of death against children in Beslan. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.70763/73f715c6cc2b110fc67503ba813f7f0e
- Elovitz, P. H. (2009). Editor’s introduction to state terrorism. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 188-189. https://doi.org/10.70763/4efb80f630ccecb2d3b9b2087b0f9c89
- Lyman, R. (2009). The uses and limits of state terror in classical Greece and Rome. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 189-194. https://doi.org/10.70763/5de8a36008b04a6167761fa19b61aa6c
- Tritle, L. (2009). Gorgias, the Encomium of Helen, and the trauma of war. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 195-199. https://doi.org/10.70763/f05f78cbeb9621b3e8c54bdf592be604
THE VALUE OF PSYCHOHISTORY
- Beisel, D. R. (2009). What is psychohistory good for? Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 200-201. https://doi.org/10.70763/5cb22b6ada9b860235e5e20975f23de3
- Elovitz, P. H. (2009). How will you use psychohistory? Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 201-203. https://doi.org/10.70763/e84401ad27c4cfb9815776eb9432ff17
BOOK REVIEWS
- Harris, J. (2009). Education for life: Berman’s use of death to teach about life [Review of the book Death in the Classroom: Writing about Love and Loss by Jeffrey Berman (2009)]. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 203-209. https://doi.org/10.70763/d02e9bdc27a894e882fa0c9055c99722
PSYCHOHISTORY MEETING REPORT
- Langer, C., Javors, I., & Elovitz, P. H. (2009). Exploring the psychobiography of an elusive artist [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 16(2), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.70763/853bb47a93581ead37b1bcd749d34787
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: The first Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Saturday Seminar will be on September 12, when Danielle Knafo, David Beisel, and Paul Elovitz will present on “The Psychology of Remembering 9/11: The Uses and Abuses of Trauma.” On November 7, 2009 the next meeting will be on The Psychology of Health Care and Reform with papers by David Lotto, Denis O’Keefe, et al. At the 32nd Annual International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) meetings at Fordham Law School in Manhattan papers were presented by a variety of Psychohistory Forum members including David Beisel, Irene Javors, Henry Lawton, David Lotto, Denis O’Keefe, and Charles Strozier. At the IPA panel on the Obama presidency, sponsored by the Presidential Research Group of the Psychohistory Forum, there were presentations by Ken Fuchsman and Paul Elovitz. At the June 26-30, 2009 International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) conference in Chicago Mena Potts presented “Psychohistorical Dreamwork” and her husband Dominic Potts delivered “The Dialectical and Rhetorical Role of Language in Montague Ullman.” At the same session Judy Gardiner presented “A Journey in Fragmentation and Wholeness” and Wendy Pannier’s paper was on “Working with Healing Dream Imagery.” All of these presentations, and others, were building on the contributions of and dedicating their research to the memory of the late Montague (Monte) Ullman. Peter Loewenberg is among our members who presented at the July 13-17, 2009 International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) conference at Trinity College in Dublin. The Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) will meet on October 9-10, 2009 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Among those who are expected to present or serve on roundtables are Fred Alford, David Beisel, Marilyn Charles, Paul Elovitz, Tom Ferraro,
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and Hanna Turken. The National Association for Psychoanalysis (NAAP) annual conference will be in Manhattan on October 17, 2009.
PUBLICATIONS: On June 10, 2009 Flora Hogman gave the talk, “The Therapeutic Virtues of Chocolate: A Controversy in History,” to the annual gala conference of American Association of French Speaking Health Professionals. Charles Strozier reports that his book, New York City and 9/11: A Psychological Study of the World Trade Center Disaster is scheduled to be published this winter.
NOTES ON MEMBERS: We welcome new members Kristina MacGaffin and Edward Rickert.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, David Beisel, David Lotto, and Terence O’Leary; Sustaining Members Dick Booth, Judith Gardiner, Peter Petschauer, and Jacques Szaluta; Supporting Members Fred Alford, Rudolph Binion, Andrew Brink, Tom Ferraro, John Hartman, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, Hanna Turken, and Nancy Unger; Members Willa Bernhard, Dick Booth, Bob Lentz, Kristina MacGaffin, Peggy McLaughlin, Ruth Neubauer, and Edward Rickert. Our special thanks for thought provoking materials to Francis Beer, David Beisel, Lyle Bourne, Matthew Bowker, Dan Dervin, Paul Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Anna Geifman, Judith Harris, Alice Healy, Irene Javors, Danielle Knafo, Cassandra Langer, Richard Lyman, Robert Quackenbush, Jerry Piven, Ann Saltzman, Charles Strozier, and Lawrence Tritle. To Matthew Reed and Brian Todd for their work on the Psychohistory Forum’s Wikipedia Project. To Brian Todd and Caitlin Adams for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2003 software application. Our special thanks to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.
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Call for Papers
The Psychology of Heroes, Role Models, and Mentors
Special Issue, March 2010
Psychological Insights on Numerous Topics Including:
- What constitutes a role model, hero, or mentor?
- Your important role models and how they influenced you?
- Heroes and role models as keys to an individual’s idealized self
- Athletic, Hollywood, television, and other celebrity role models
- The psychological differentiation of admired others and role models
- Idealization and denigration in selecting heroes, role models, mentors, and anti-heroes at different stages of life
- The psychology of identifying with millennial leaders & movements
- Fallen heroes: the psychological cathexis among former true believers, such as communists and cultists; the role of anti-heroes
- Role models up close and at a distance
- The psychology and complexities of mentorship: case studies
- A review in the light of current knowledge of Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History, and his other writings on heroes and hero worship
- Cartoon, comic book, and animated movie heroes
- Presidents as role models
- The effectiveness of mentorship programs for inner-city children
- Psychobiographical sketches of famous people and their heroes, role models: role models of psychoanalysts, psychohistorians, et al.
- Comparing the heroes and role models of war and peacetime
- Reviews of the scholarly literature on role models and mentors
Articles are welcome, as are additional suggestions.
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Call for Papers
Psychology of Health Care and Reform
Special Issue – December 2009
Psychological insights on issues involving life and death:
Psychological insights on issues involving life and death:
- – Anxiety and fear at the idea of health reform
- – Comparing medical and patient responses to Canadian and
European systems, and the U.S. system - – Why the American healthcare system is in some ways the best
and in others the worst major system - – Ambivalence regarding health care services as a right and
responsibility - – Managed care’s rhetoric and reality
- – Privatization and innovation in health care
- – Legal aspects of health care and its reform
- – Obama’s health care proposals and prospects for success
- – The economics and politics of health reform
- – Prenatal and baby care
- – Hospice and other end-of-life care
- – Assisted suicide struggles
- – Legal and illegal drugs
- – Health classification and self-identity: mental illness,
hyperactivity, and so forth - – The role of psychoanalysis in health care systems
- – Probing the psychobiographies of leading health care leaders
and innovators - Due October 10, 2009
Articles of 500-1500 words (and two long pieces) are welcome.
Contact Paul Elovitz at
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