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Volume 18 Number 4March 2012
ISSN 1080-2622
Editorial Board
C. Fred Alford, PhD University of Maryland • James W. Anderson, PhD Northwestern University • David Beisel, PhD RCC-SUNY • Donald L. Carveth, PhD, York University • Ken Fuchsman, EdD University of Connecticut • Bob Lentz • Peter Loewenberg, PhD UCLA • Peter Petschauer, PhD, Appalachian State University • Nancy Unger, PhD Santa Clara University
CREATIVE LIVES - PART II: PSYCHOBIOGRAPHIC APPROACHES
- Brink, A. (2012). Repair theory and creativity. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 375-382. https://doi.org/10.70763/038d5463327addf90d282c35be4c5eb1
- Dervin, D. (2012). Freud and Leonardo: Clash of the titans. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 382-387. https://doi.org/10.70763/3e9f0fc9b2f89e043bc6233994dfcf76
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). A paradox of creativity: Freud’s self-understanding in the Oedipus complex. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 387-391. https://doi.org/10.70763/ec1f764517b7ffb52057af6df18142b7
- Nemeth, A. J. (2012). Psychobiographic profiles: The inner world of three giants of literature. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 392-396. https://doi.org/10.70763/549406198764950208345d143aa67c7d
- Newton, M. A. (2012). The paradoxical notion of sexuality in Antonia White’s Frost in May. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 396-400. https://doi.org/10.70763/5d40954183d62a82257835477ccad3d2
- Rosenberg, J. M. (2012). Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 400-404. https://doi.org/10.70763/5cf68969fb67aa6082363a6d4e6468e2
- Oggins, J. O. (2012). Voyaging with an art journal to the creative self. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 405-408. https://doi.org/10.70763/812214fb8e7066bfa6e32c626c2c688b
- Butscher, H. B. (2012). Rainer Rilke’s artistic expression and transformation. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 409-413. https://doi.org/10.70763/0c6b6f19684ed9b6ff07575fcf81c98d
- Platt, C. B. (2012). The father, the mother, and the other: The case of James Merrill. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 414-417. https://doi.org/10.70763/b8a03c5c15fcfa8dae0b03351eb1742f
- Molofsky, M. (2012). Anxiety of influence or influence easing anxiety? Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 418-420. https://doi.org/10.70763/06f7c042b76e4b04f698c75b7b2777ea
- Markowitz, J. (2012). A psychodynamic theory of creativity: Greenacre and Shakespeare. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 421-425. https://doi.org/10.70763/62459f4e225e2f4f196c9d42f4ad7111
- Javors, I. (2012). Reflections on S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk: The “queerness of creativity.” Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 425-429. https://doi.org/10.70763/aea94dc1e6d1dd330cbc2c4a480934d6
- Cocks, G. (2012). “What’ll it be?”: Stanley Kubrick and history. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 429-433. https://doi.org/10.70763/7aa685b3b1dc1d6780bf36f7340078c9
- Uslin, K. (2012). “Defiant” creativity: Rafael Schächter and Verdi’s Requiem in Terezin. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 433-436. https://doi.org/10.70763/f0bf4a2da952528910047c31b6c2e951
- Gregory, S. (2012). Encouragement and perseverance: Lives of some working-class artists. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 437-441. https://doi.org/10.70763/933670f1ac8ba969f32989c312faba75
- Simms, N. (2012). Art and neurosis: A myth. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 442-445. https://doi.org/10.70763/3713bdda7149579475f3734e8bd0e14a
FEATURED YOUNG SCHOLAR OF CREATIVITY INTERVIEW
- Lentz, B. (2012). Molly Castelloe: Scholar of psychoanalysis and theater arts [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 446-458. https://doi.org/10.70763/2cfa8f9e50e0f510ede9d12338a5f564
BOOK REVIEWS
- Javors, I. (2012). Agon: A “muse” for Sontag [Review of the book Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag by Sigrid Nunez (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 459-460. https://doi.org/10.70763/a68259547f3d25ab3c0a5c0adb4e3498
- Brink, A. W. (2012). Kendall’s Noah Webster and the creation of American culture [Review of the book The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster’s Obsession with the Creation of an American Culture by Joshua Kendall (2010)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 461-463. https://doi.org/10.70763/d91caca74114d81fdfc578fca82f8d72
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Election 2012 free associations and psychohistorical questions. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 463-473. https://doi.org/10.70763/d403137434343677b98efc88cbd5493d
THEATER AND FILM REVIEWS
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). A dangerous method [Review of the film A Dangerous Method directed by David Cronenberg (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 474-477. https://doi.org/10.70763/9ac5a6d86e8924182271bd820acbce0e
- Ferraro, T. (2012). Awaiting death at the theatre [Review of the plays Freud’s Last Session by Mark St. Germain (2010) and Krapp’s Last Tape by Atom Egoyan (2000)]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 477-478. https://doi.org/10.70763/f5e647292cc4e1064968ca62bebe7e47
MEMORIALS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Remembering Andrew Brink’s search for knowledge [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 479-482. https://doi.org/10.70763/20cf775fa6b5dfe621ade096f5d85d52
- Youdelman, R. (2012). Reflections on Andrew Brink’s creativity studies [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 483-487. https://doi.org/10.70763/3c565485bbd2c54bb0ebe05c7ec741fc
- Johnson, G. M. (2012). Andrew Brink: Attachment, mentorship, and loss [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 487-490. https://doi.org/10.70763/a9c397afa342c368ba24e7620ee41a94
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). The psychoanalytic life of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 490-491. https://doi.org/10.70763/02b5b45ce743bc3f285ec4d39b5968c3
- Castelloe, M. (2012). In light of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 491-496. https://doi.org/10.70763/fb09f481d40c4d3c0861a46bd2dc52c0
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Ferraro, T. (2012). Obama: A wolf in sheep’s clothing [Letter to the Editor]? Clio’s Psyche, 18(4), 496-497. https://doi.org/10.70763/cf040fc71060367913e81ac1eb050aea
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Invitations to Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminars will be sent by email to members as plans are finalized. The Forum is planning to jointly sponsor a Toronto meeting of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society devoted to the work of Eli Sagan. The Forum’s Psychology, Childhood, and Personalities of Presidents Research Group is planning presentations by Herbert Barry, Paul Elovitz, and Ken Fuchsman at the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) June 8-10, 2012 conference at New York University. Forum members David Beisel, Molly Castelloe, Juhani Ihanus, Joseph Kramp, David Lotto, Joel Markowitz, Jamshid Marvasti, Allan Mohl, Denis O’Keefe, Howard Stein, and Jacques Szaluta are among the presenters. On July 6-9, 2012, the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is holding its annual conference in Chicago. This year’s Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society’s (APCS) Rutgers conference will be held on October 19-20, 2012. Last year, on November 4-5, 2011, Marilyn Charles, Alice Maher, and Howard Stein presented APCS papers.
NOTES ON MEMBERS: Congratulations to Norman Simms whose book, Invisible Insanity: The Rise and Fall of Institutional Psychiatry in Canada (co-authored by John Deadman and Sam Sussman) will soon be published in California. Cambridge University has agreed to publish the edited book, Psychology and History, which will include chapters by Philip Pomper and Paul Elovitz.
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 Peter Petschauer; Patrons Andrew Brink, Peter Loewenberg, Alice Maher, Jamshid Marvasti, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Member Eva Fogelman; Supporting Members Sander Breiner, Paul Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Susan Gregory, John Hartman, David Hoddeson, Marcie Lachman, Allan Mohl, Marcie Newman, and Lee Solomon; and Members Hanna Cohen, Michael Isaacs, and Roberta Rubin. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Andrew Brink, Heiderose Brandt Butscher, Molly Castelloe, Geoffrey Cocks, Dan Dervin, Paul H. Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Susan Gregory, Irene Javors, George Johnson, Bob Lentz, Joel Markowitz, Merle Molofsky, Alexander Nemeth, Marcie Anne Newton, Jean Oggins, Carole Brooks Platt, Joyce Rosenberg, Karen Uslin, and Rachel Youdelman. Thanks to Bob Lentz for Guest Editing the creative lives special issues. To Nicole Alliegro for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2007 software application, Caitie Adams for editing and proofing, and Cara Daniello and Professor Paul Salstrom for proofing. Our special thanks to our editors and to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.
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Call for Papers
Call for Papers
The Work and Life Achievements of Robert Jay Lifton
Papers are due July 1 for the September 2012 Issue Topics include:
- The Lifton method
- Totalism
- Thought reform
- Hiroshima
- Nuclear weapons
- Nuclearism
- The anti-nuclear movement
- Psychic numbing Survivor missions
- Symbolic immortality
- The protean self
- Nazi doctors The Vietnam War and the anti-war movement
- The debate with Steven Pinker on civilization, evolution, and violence
- Atrocity-producing situations
- PTSD and the DSM-III
- Aum Shinrikyo and apocalyptic cults
- The Superpower Syndrome
- Lifton as an institution builder: The Center on
- Violence and Human Survival and the Wellfleet meetings
We are looking for articles from 500-1,500 words
E-mail Guest Editor David Lotto at
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Call for Papers
Peter Loewenberg: A Life of Accomplishment
June 2012 Special Feature, Papers due April
We are seeking articles on Peter Loewenberg as:
We are seeking articles on Peter Loewenberg as:
- Historical and psychohistorical scholar
- Author
- Bridge between history and psychoanalysis
- Professor
- Political psychologist
- Psychoanalyst and psychoanalytic supervisor
- Institution builder— Psychoanalytic Consortium meetings at Arrow Point
- Mediator healing psychoanalytic splits
- Key person in creating the California Research Psychoanalysts 1977 law
- Mentor
- Bridge builder to China
We seek articles from 500-1,500 words
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Call for Papers
The Psychology of Human-Animal Relationships
The June 2012 Special Issue
Psychological Insights on the Anthropomorphizing of Animals:
Psychological Insights on the Anthropomorphizing of Animals:
- The way humans treat pets and love them enough to spend an enormous amount of money on them and to pick up their feces
- Changes in psycho-cultural perspective from “wild animal” to “pet” to “companion animal”: cause and effect
- Our responsiveness to, or unawareness of, our pets’ emotions
- Childhood relationships to animals
- A psychological examination of pets and childless couples
- The healing power of pets
- Freud and his dogs, animals in the therapeutic setting
- Power in human-animal interactions
- Why different owners choose the pets they do
- Companion animal loss and bereavement
- Pet end-of-life issues and euthanasia; issues of mourning
- Comparative religions’ views on animals and evidence of psychology in these perspectives
- Appeal and role of books and films about people and animals
- Review essays on relevant books, exhibits, films, plays, shows, etc.
Articles are welcome
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Call for Papers
The Psychology and Psychobiography of Election 2012
The September 2012 Special Issue
Psychological Insights on:
- Psychobiographical explorations of Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, Obama, and other contenders
- The basis and course of the anyone-but-Romney movement
- How populist movements (the Tea Party & the anti-Wall Street movements) affect the election
- Voter ambivalence about candidates with experience in Washington
- Ron Paul and the libertarian anti-government impulse
- The role of women in the political matrix—Bachmann, Clinton, Palin
- Emotions and ideas behind the electoral rhetoric
- Ideological purity versus the desire to win
- The relationship between the leader and the led in the 2012 election
- Obama’s governing in the era of the permanent campaign
- The sub-current of racism in the anti-Obama movement
- Disillusionment with Obama by left-wing intellectuals and non-affiliated voters
- Literal and figurative dreams of the candidates and the electorate
- Spouses and children of the candidates
- Emotional and psychological reactions to the increased role of money
- Psychological aspects of the presentation of politics in the media
- The psychology of independent voters
- Perils of verbal (and non-verbal) slips along the campaign trail
- Cycles in American politics
- The mood of the energized voters and the stay-at-home non-voters
- The psychology of independent voters and the likelihood of a third party surge
- Psychobiographical insights from the candidates’ own books
- The political influence of blogs
- The role of foreign policy in the election
- How the world views America’s electoral politics
Articles are welcome. An article of up to 3,500 words for a possible symposium would need to be submitted by April 15, 2012.
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