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Volume 19 Number 3December 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
Articles (35)
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF ENEMIES SPECIAL ISSUE PART I: TERRORISM
- Stein, H. F. (2012). Psychohistorical reflections on the 2012 Aurora massacre. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 249-254. https://doi.org/10.70763/f1298750ed09618717f9c10ea8d1d3b0
- Jeansonne, G., & Luhrssen, D. (2012). Anger and ideology: The Milwaukee Sikh temple shooting. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 254-259. https://doi.org/10.70763/33805671920f0d02e6d18f630985aace
- Isaenko, A. (2012). Ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus and women suicide bombers. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 259-263. https://doi.org/10.70763/6ba1085b788407963fe0e89c699a7396
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF ENEMIES SPECIAL ISSUE PART II: THE BASIS OF VIOLENCE
- Petschauer, P. (2012). Some underpinnings of American violence. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 263-267. https://doi.org/10.70763/43cf3ae60279360eab2d678461a565c3
- Ferraro, T. (2012). The ugly American. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 267-269. https://doi.org/10.70763/e2c4a40d50b47094f571e40efead3900
- Allen, J. (2012). Political violence in contemporary Greek politics. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 269-274. https://doi.org/10.70763/41c576a3bac4220845f9427b002a2a9d
- Cerny, A. (2012). Anger, discrimination, and violence in western China. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 274-278. https://doi.org/10.70763/fa131721954c3ddae16ee67620ffb2e0
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF ENEMIES SPECIAL ISSUE PART III: SOME VETERANS BRINGING HOME THE VIOLENCE OF WAR
- Marvasti, J. A., & Wank, A. A. (2012). Violence by combat veterans after homecoming. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 278-282. https://doi.org/10.70763/4ef1477dc99fb623fd5d06dc4b26d1aa
- Barglow, P. (2012). Civilians going berserk. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 282-285. https://doi.org/10.70763/cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207
- Barglow, P. (2012). Soldiers going berserk. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 286-289. https://doi.org/10.70763/f58c9875ac84dfe1fbe91b918773d050
- Fuchsman, K. (2012). Violence, war, and being human. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 289-293. https://doi.org/10.70763/501627aa14e37bd1d4143159e0e9620f
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE AND THE USES OF ENEMIES SPECIAL ISSUE PART IV: SOME REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
- Geifman, A., & Reznikov, T. (2012). Communal responses to terrorism and child post-trauma. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 293-297. https://doi.org/10.70763/a613863f6a3ada47ae5bca2a558872d1
- Brandt Butscher, H. (2012). Approaches to overcoming the pressures of pervasive enemies. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 297-302. https://doi.org/10.70763/28659414dab9eca0219dd592b8136434
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Human reactions to nature’s violence. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 302-306. https://doi.org/10.70763/2f364281f619584f24f63a794a12e354
- O’Keefe, D. (2012). Integrative thoughts on the Lifton versus Pinker debate. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 306-311. https://doi.org/10.70763/ed46558a56a4a26b96a68738a0d28273
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). The decline of violence in an era of apocalyptic danger. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 311-314. https://doi.org/10.70763/85e5526a360b0bcf082d8d42e7bf100b
AMERICAN POLITICAL POLARIZATION
- Durham, J. (2012). The “false self” projected on Obama by many Republicans. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.70763/f0f800c92d191d736c4411f3b3f8ef4a
- Rasmussen, K. (2012). Political polarization in contemporary America. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 318-322. https://doi.org/10.70763/5c3b99e8f92532e5ad1556e53ceea00c
AYN RAND AND AMERICAN CONSERVATISM
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Featured author interview with Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, and modern conservatism [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 322-331. https://doi.org/10.70763/6d0c932802f6953f70eb20931645fa40
- Petschauer, P. (2012). Some thoughts on Ayn Rand. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 331-332. https://doi.org/10.70763/be7485be5b6eb3690efcbc9e95e8f15a
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). A psychobiographer’s ruminations on Ayn Rand. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 332-334. https://doi.org/10.70763/d630553e32ae21fb1a6df39c702d2c5c
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Salstrom, P. (2012). A male-female collaboration research question. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 334-337. https://doi.org/10.70763/971eb27c6345932b82b70414028d7183
PSYCHOHISTORICAL CONFERENCE REPORT
- Carveth, D. (2012). Modernity psychosis: The evolutionary psychoanalytic social theory of Eli Sagan [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 337-342. https://doi.org/10.70763/c850c535b6b72487b20cee5d7434506d
BOOK REVIEW ESSAYS
- Stein, H. F. (2012). Poetry and psychohistory [Review of the books Ladder of Words by Merle Molofsky (2011) & Mad, Crazy Love: Love Poems and Mad Songs by Merle Molofsky (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 342-345. https://doi.org/10.70763/f2708856060b3b50379aeb13c54a563e
- Hartman, J. J. (2012). Individual and collective influences of psychoanalytical history [Review of the book 100 Years of the IPA: The Centenary History of the International Psychoanalytical Association 1910-2010: Evolution and Change by Peter Loewenberg (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 346-348. https://doi.org/10.70763/3cfacd1beeeb00db3c2afc128dc13b7c
- Gonen, J. Y. (2012). The Wagner complex [Review of the book The Wagner Complex: Genesis and Meaning of The Ring by Tom Artin (2012)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 348-351. https://doi.org/10.70763/e661551c8ec9308379cda7e2419348e5
- Molofsky, M. (2012). “This real ghetto pain”: Black community and the Black psyche [Review of the book Restoring the Mind of Black America by Eddie Taylor (2011)]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 351-355. https://doi.org/10.70763/700a4d3e9b7edabf9e4b69008b0718d6
MEMORIALS OF FORUM MEMBERS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). The historian’s life of Joseph Dowling [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 355-356. https://doi.org/10.70763/14f2ebeab937ca128186e7ba876faef9
- Kobrin, N. (2012). Remembering my mentor Sander Breiner [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 356-359. https://doi.org/10.70763/000871c1fc726f0b52dc86a4eeb027de
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). The psychiatrist/psychoanalyst as psychohistorian: Sander Breiner [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 359-360. https://doi.org/10.70763/eeaebbffb5d29ff62799637fc51adb7b
- Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Michael Flynn (1962-2012): In memoriam [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 360-361. https://doi.org/10.70763/0ac08910b7e81371887df3d62b8940ac
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Fogelman, E. (2012). Appreciating Robert Jay Lifton [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 361-363. https://doi.org/10.70763/8011ecba39754a741ff861d810a7601f
- Eisenstadt, M. (2012). On loss and achievement of the first man on the moon [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 364-365. https://doi.org/10.70763/761e6675f9e54673cc778e7fdb2823d2
- Grahlfs, F. L. (2012). Mutual respect rather than violence is basic to humans [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 365-366. https://doi.org/10.70763/0397758f8990c1b41b81b43ac389ab9f
- Perez-Strumolo, L. (2012). Reflections on being human during Hurricane Sandy [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(3), 366-368. https://doi.org/10.70763/b9a8f4af85454f7c56c06f0a39e7ec23
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Invitations to Psychohistory Forum Work-InProgress Seminars will be sent by email to members as plans are finalized. We may schedule one for the end of January, and on March 2, 2013, Lawrence Friedman will present on the Life and Work of Erich Fromm. Our fall meetings were on September 12, 2012 in Toronto, in conjunction with the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society, and on October 27 on the 2012 presidential election with papers by Herbert Barry, Ken Fuchsman, and Paul Elovitz. The Forum sponsored a session at the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society’s (APCS) conference at Rutgers on October 19-20, 2012 with presentations by David Hoddeson, Paul Elovitz, and Jennifer Durham. Fred Alford, Molly Castelloe, and Burt Seitler are other Forum members who also presented at this conference. The International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) welcomes paper proposals for
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their June 5-7, 2013 conference at New York University, and the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) would like proposals for their July 8-11, 2013 conference at the Lauder School of Government at Herzliya, Israel. We welcome new member Peter Barglow, a psychiatrist at the University of California—San Diego. NOTES ON MEMBERS: Congratulations to Jamshid Marvasti on the publication of his edited book War Trauma In Veterans and Their Families (2012). To Norman Simms who left New Zealand to lecture extensively in Australia on Alfred Dreyfus. The second of his books on Dreyfus is due out in April, 2013. Currently he is completing the third volume and starting the fourth volume. 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 Jamshid Marvasti; Patrons Fred Alford, Peter Loewenberg, Alice Maher, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members Dick Booth, Eva Fogelman, Ken Fuchsman, Allan Mohl, Peter Petschauer, Joyce Rosenberg, and Nancy Unger; Supporting Members Peter Barglow, George Brown, Paul Elovitz, Judith Gardiner, John Hartman, David Hoddeson, Bob Lentz, Joel Markowitz, Hanna Turken, Lee Solomon; and Members Geoffrey Cocks, Michael Isaacs, Glen Jeansonne, Margery Quackenbush, Ken Rasmussen, and Roberta Rubin. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to James Allen, Peter Barglow, Jennifer Burns, Heiderose Brandt Butscher, Donald Carveth, Astrid Cerny, Jennifer Durham, Martin Eisenstadt, Paul H. Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Eva Fogelman, Ken Fuchsman, Anna Geifman, Jay Y. Gonen, F. Lincoln Grahlfs, John Jacob Hartman, Anatoly Isaenko, Glen Jeansonne, Nancy Kobrin, David Luhrssen, Jamshid Marvasti, Merle Molofsky, Dennis O’Keefe, Peter Petschauer, Kenneth Rasmussen, Tamara Reznikov, Paul Salstrom, Howard F. Stein, and Aubrey Wank. Thanks to Peter Petschauer for Guest Co-editing this Psychology of Violence Special Issue. To Nicole Alliegro for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2007 software application, Caitlin Adams and Devin McGinley for editing and proofing, and Professor Paul Salstrom and Jessica Minzner for proofing. Our special thanks to our editors and to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.
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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
