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Volume 19 Number 1June 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
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Dimensions of animal-human interactions. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.70763/ea81a3d20bf98ef2c9bef9dc24ec777a
- Carveth, D. L. (2012). Freud’s and our myth of “the beast.” Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.70763/191c62d342811d1a0d3d0528ec35cd2d
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). How we treat animals and the character of being human. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.70763/f60f6b0d129342bb6a226305aaf842b7
- Scott, S., & Konrath, S. (2012). Pets as teachers of empathy? Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.70763/cfe795a0a3c7bc1683f2efd8837dde0c
- Molofsky, M. (2012). Fear, shame, and animal aversion. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.70763/9abe36658bff8131d5a0923ebc196d0e
- Giorgianni, P. (2012). Patient transference on a therapist’s dog. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 23-27. https://doi.org/10.70763/a3f61f3a8034cbfb5ecf0d785e750fb3
- Rosenberg, J. (2012). What is it about cats? Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 27-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/1a77befc3b608d6ed363567685f70e1e
- Laracy, N. (2012). Bunnyboy and me: Fighters for each other. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 31-33. https://doi.org/10.70763/dab10c50dc668cd8560df444ff3a4227
- Javors, I. (2012). Reflections on companion animal loss. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.70763/dcf9082a17123c1adc46b4f19dc90e6c
- Unger, N. C. (2012). The psychological impact of seeing animals in their own world. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 37-40. https://doi.org/10.70763/6a571fe98a2ba453e84923b447d79cff
- Lyman, R. (2012). The emotional life of dogs and recommended reading. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 40-44. https://doi.org/10.70763/3eae62bba9ddf64f69d49dc48e2dd214
LOEWENBERG’S LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT, A FESTSCHRIFT
- Loewenberg, P. (2012). American exceptionalism and the mission of democracy. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.70763/8c5ebe834bb61a2e5ab8ef38f8d940f3
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Honoring the accomplishments of the living: Festschrifts in Clio’s Psyche. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 50-53. https://doi.org/10.70763/538a50fb36b97123adc3627cbdb223bf
- Adams, C., & Elovitz, P. H. (2012). A Loewenberg selected bibliography. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.70763/04c6906524cd877e833fe26ddaddc62f
LOEWENBERG’S LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT, A FESTSCHRIFT: FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS
- Loewenberg, S. (2012). Loewenberg early history. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 57-60. https://doi.org/10.70763/c36b1132ac829ece87dda55d77ac06a4
- Loewenberg, A. S. (2012). Reflecting on my father from China. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.70763/1e50a717c4febd75e03b348b0be851fa
- Hoffs, J. (2012). My friend Peter. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 64-67. https://doi.org/10.70763/8289889263db4a40463e3f358bb7c7a1
- Kater, M. H. (2012). Personal friend and professional colleague. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 68-70. https://doi.org/10.70763/1d0787d664c95f8c2adb1da311af3c78
- Schorske, C. (2012). Letters to Loewenberg from a distinguished American historian. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 71-74. https://doi.org/10.70763/1d3b7f1f8a7625f8d5e700dcf0d9ae68
- Loewenberg, P. (2012). Peter Loewenberg’s comment. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 74. https://doi.org/10.70763/c5c1bda1194f9423d744e0ef67df94ee
LOEWENBERG’S LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT, A FESTSCHRIFT: REFLECTIONS OF FORMER STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES
- Cocks, G. (2012). Teacher, mentor, trailblazer. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 74-76. https://doi.org/10.70763/48c00ae965e23b2869f8eaa13d2dcefa
- Wolfenstein, J. (2012). Friendship, vision, and kindness. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 77-78. https://doi.org/10.70763/6adbe8b2ab3a52e619c526eff905468a
- Lee, D. (2012). Countertransference and mentorship. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 78-80. https://doi.org/10.70763/9a02387b02ce7de2dac4b925892f68fb
- Fitzpatrick, J. (2012). Profound influence. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 80-82. https://doi.org/10.70763/b87517992f7dce71b674976b280257d2
- Thompson, N. (2012). Mentor, scholar, exemplar, colleague, and friend. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 82-86. https://doi.org/10.70763/b28d8e3ccb1ff9d46fa2d9e70222c9e7
- Szaluta, J. (2012). Contributions to psychohistory and psychoanalysis: An appreciation. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.70763/18a4e1366eb78af25ed5cfc306e8f873
- Fisher, D. J. (2012). Psychoanalytic humanist, visionary, and friend. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 90-95. https://doi.org/10.70763/adf7ee2dcf142b0e11888e72b43fcb75
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). Contributions to psychohistory. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 96-99. https://doi.org/10.70763/c96ebeee051996333b6d70b2da6191b0
- Hooke, M. T. S. H. (2012). Bridge builder to China. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 100-103. https://doi.org/10.70763/cede2d63a7c04ebd4cb55a2228c7141a
- Montville, J. V. (2012). Forging a western psychoanalytic alliance with China. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 103-106. https://doi.org/10.70763/d6317f80523fdf2a7375da19c9a006b8
- Dallek, R. (2012). Expanding the historical argument without end. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.70763/fecc3a370a23d13b1cf91ac3c1e1ca92
- Beisel, D. R. (2012). The Nazi Youth cohort. In P. H. Elovitz & N. Alliegro (Eds.), Loewenberg’s Life and Accomplishment, A Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 108-112. https://doi.org/10.70763/0c4a4df48a930b56e7d71ec5a34b8257
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Cohn, S. (2012). Hate in times of pestilence. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 113-116. https://doi.org/10.70763/0c7119e3a6a2209da6a5b90e5b5b75bd
BOOK REVIEWS
- Salstrom, P. (2012). When the diagnosis was social [Review of the book Madness Is Civilization: When the Diagnosis Was Social, 1948-1980 by Michael E. Staub (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 117-120. https://doi.org/10.70763/137bdd55f159c4f5556391f53e608f2e
- Salstrom, P. (2012). Psychohistorical essays on the leader [Review of the book The Leader: Psychological Essays (2nd ed.) edited by Charles B. Strozier, Daniel Offer, & Oliger Abdyli (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(1), 120-122. https://doi.org/10.70763/2912bbeedc16c67bd0529ab7d438c1ac
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Invitations to Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminars will be sent by e-mail to members as plans are finalized. One in the fall will be on the presidential election. Jacques Szaluta presented to the Forum on the film, A Dangerous Method, on April 28. Forum members are looking forward to the following conferences: the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) June 8-10, 2012 at New York University, International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) July 6-9, 2012 in Chicago, the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society’s (APCS) at Rutgers on October 19-20, 2012, the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) October 27, 2012 in Manhattan, and the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) November 2-4, 2012 in Portland, Oregon.
NOTES ON MEMBERS: Congratulations to Geoffrey Cocks on the publication of The State of Health: Illness in Nazi Germany (Oxford) and to Nancy Unger on Beyond Nature’s Housekeepers (Oxford). Joseph Kramp has completed his doc-
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toral degree at Drew University and continues to teach as an adjunct at John Jay and Marymount while searching for a full time position and serving as the chair of the psychology and religion section of the Mid-Atlantic American Academy of Religion. Howard Stein will give the keynote address at the IPA on June 8, 2012. On January 12, David James Fisher of the New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles presented “Smart Men, Foolish Choices” at the American Psychoanalysis conference at the Waldorf in New York City. Last December, he published “Discovering Wounded Healers in A Dangerous Method” on internationalpsychoanalysis.net. We welcome new members Carol Brooks Platt and Joyce Rosenberg.
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 Peter Loewenberg, Alice Maher, and Jamshid Marvasti; Sustaining Members Ken Fuchsman, Joyce Rosenberg, and Nancy Unger; Supporting Members Sander Breiner, Paul Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Bob Lentz, and Marcie Newton; Members Ted Goertzel, Denis O’Keefe, Peggy McLaughlin, and Howard Stein. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Caitlin Adams, David Beisel, Donald Carveth, Geoffrey Cocks, Samuel Cohn, Jr., Robert Dallek, Paul H. Elovitz, David James Fisher, Jack Fitzpatrick, Ken Fuchsman, Paul Giorgianni, Josh Hoffs, Maria Teresa Savio Hooke, Irene Javors, Michael H. Kater, Sara Konrath, Nancy Laracy, David Lee, Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Peter Loewenberg, Sam Loewenberg, Richard Lyman, Merle Molofsky, Joseph Montville, Joyce Rosenberg, Paul Salstrom, Carl Schorske, Samantha Scott, Jacques Szaluta, Nellie Thompson, Judy Wolfenstein, and Nancy C. Unger. Thanks to Bob Lentz for Guest Editing the human-animal connection materials. To Nicole Alliegro for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2007 software application, Caitlin Adams for editing and proofing, and Thomas Colella, Cara Daniello, Bob Lentz and Paul Salstrom for proofing. Special thanks to our editors and to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.
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Call for Papers
on the Life and Work of Robert Jay Lifton
The extraordinary and unique contributions of this outstanding scholar/activist in the fields of applied psychiatry, political psychology, and psychohistory will be our focal point. Some specific ideas for papers are Lifton’s:
- Relationship to Erik Erikson and organized psychohistory.
- Balancing of activism and scholarship to make a better world.
- Concepts of nuclearism, reform, protean self, psychic numbing, symbolic immortality, thought reform, & totalism analyzed in terms of their impact.
- Development of his method and contributions during his Yale years.
- Work at the Center on Violence and Human Survival.
- Insights into apocalyptic cults, including Aum Shinrikyo.
- Debate with Steven Pinker on human destructiveness and progress.
- Understanding and contributions to the healing of Vietnam veterans.
- Contributions to PTSD and the DSM-III.
Articles are welcome, as well as two longer articles of up to 3,000 words. A symposium article submitted by June 1 is also a possibility.
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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, Obama, Santorum, Gingrich, Paul, 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
- Τhe 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 among 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 economics or foreign policy in the election
- How the world views America’s electoral politics
Articles are welcome
Please send submissions to Bob Lentz at
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