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 20 Number 1June 2013
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 (23)
EMPATHY: ITS DEVELOPMENT, VIRTUES, AND LIMITS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2013). Varieties of empathy. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.70763/3c8a49145944fed2bbcaade178a426c4
- Molofsky, M. (2013). The many masks of empathy. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 13-17. https://doi.org/10.70763/3bc3e78c17d35e74ecfae5e475d960d7
- Brandt Butscher, H. (2013). Approaches to a collaborative and reciprocal process. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.70763/a1f0cf94512f963e5ed4edd9af70e2cc
- Barry, H., III (2013). Caring about the self and others. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.70763/4bbbe6cb5982b9110413c40f3cce680b
- Agosta, L. (2013). Folk wisdom and Kohut: Empathy is being human. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.70763/b0a665a28efd91535abb111d656ecd04
- Rosenberg, J. (2013). Pseudo-empathy: The analyst’s help or hindrance? Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.70763/7c5845cea683556d813ebd657e8cca01
- Summers, F. (2013). The new psychoanalytic ethic. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 33-36. https://doi.org/10.70763/7f2be1b45d278ac18804b79207a24c53
- Logue, J. (2013). “Thank you for crying”: Sometimes too much empathy is not enough! Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 37-41. https://doi.org/10.70763/51a472c08e21aef54ed749806e3e6490
- Fuchsman, K. (2013). Competing views of human motivation and psychology. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.70763/77305c2f862ad1d353f55bf38e5a5183
- Van Denend, J. (2013). Empathy and the benevolent colonizer. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 51-55. https://doi.org/10.70763/dbc4d84bfcfe2284ba11beffb853a8c4
- Petschauer, P. (2013). Identifying with the victim in Nazi dominated Europe. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 55-59. https://doi.org/10.70763/580796a888df897b38097bd6c1fdaa96
- Brinton, V. R. (2013). Healing the nightmare. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 59-61. https://doi.org/10.70763/0887f1a5b9970ad13f46b8c1485f7900
- Gibbs, T. (2013). The harrowing wisdom. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 62-64. https://doi.org/10.70763/6fd6b030c6afec018415662d0db43f9d
- Stein, H. F. (2013). Double vision: Thoughts on the Boston and Oklahoma City bombings. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 64-67. https://doi.org/10.70763/53e19f3dbb211f20b20b45668303c1b6
- Gibbs, T. (2013). The empath [poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 68. https://doi.org/10.70763/5adaacd4531b78ff8b5cedfe3f4d5212
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING AND USES OF HUMOR
- Beisel, D. R. (2013). Humor as a psychohistorical source. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.70763/7230b2b03e2da37352abf1a659545b44
- Seitler, B. N. (2013). Implications and consequences of ethnic humor. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.70763/6d4f95bf53bba28f148641c8561dbf98
- Lijtmaer, R. (2013). My countertransference to a patient’s racist joke. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 82-85. https://doi.org/10.70763/1f88c7c5d7d94ae08bd752aa3d82108b
PSYCHOHISTORY FORUM MEETING REPORT
- Elovitz, P. H. (2013). Friedman’s psychobiographical comparison of Fromm and Erikson. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 86-96. https://doi.org/10.70763/fd95ec8df5dbeea25aa8e6c808bad583
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Isaenko, A. (2013). The impact of natural and human-made disasters in the Caucasus. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 97-101. https://doi.org/10.70763/80c94c09453dfe07681fde78e769353f
- Kaplan, K. J., & Anderson, J. W. (2013). Freud, Greek narratives, and Biblical counter-narratives: A dialogue. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.70763/d2b15c75c0c389b49c2efbea79cdc946
- Dervin, D. (2013). Anger vs. hate: The politicizing of American emotional life. Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 111-118. https://doi.org/10.70763/8ab8dff7441eda91aa7bb26becb3afd3
BOOK REVIEWS
- Lotto, D. (2013). A psychobiography of love’s prophet-Erich Fromm. Review of the book The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love’s Prophet by Lawrence J. Friedman (2013). Clio’s Psyche, 20(1), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.70763/70afbf2259b4449d8ae1429e054df1b1
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Currently we are discussing Fall seminars on the psychology of humor and women with possible presenters. Announcements and papers will be sent out electronically to Psychohistory Forum members. At the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) June 5-7, 2013 36th Annual Conference at New York University, the following individuals affiliated with the Forum/Clio’s Psyche will be making presentations: Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Valerie Brinton, Molly Castelloe, Dan Dervin, Paul Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Florian Galler, Irene Javors, Henry Lawton, David Lotto, Victor Meladze, Allan Mohl, Merle Molofsky, Peter Petschauer, Denis O’Keefe, Howard Stein, Christine Silverstein, Jacques Szaluta, and Eddie Taylor. The International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) 36th Annual Conference on July 8-11, 2013 will be at the Lauder School of Government at Herzliya, Israel; the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (NAAP) meets on October 26, 2013 in Manhattan; the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education meets in Philadelphia (October 31-November 2); and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) holds its conference at Rutgers University
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on November 1-2, 2013. We welcome new member Lawrence J. Friedman, who is currently teaching at Harvard University.
NOTES ON MEMBERS: Congratulations to Frank Summers on his election as president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association and to Paul Elovitz, who has been selected to give the Keynote Address at the IPA. Burt Seitler, Tom Ferraro, and Paul Elovitz have established No Laughing Matter: A Psychological Research Group on Humor, which welcomes paper and presentation proposals.
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 Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Peter Loewenberg, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members Eva Fogelman, Peter Petschauer, and Nancy Unger; Supporting Members Elizabeth Danze, Bob Lentz, Allan Mohl, and Hanna Turken; and Members Hanna Cohen, Larry Friedman, Ted Goertzel, David Hoddeson, and Geraldine Pauling. Our special thanks for thought provoking materials to Lou Agosta, James William Anderson, Herbert Barry III, David Beisel, Valerie Brinton, Heiderose Brandt Butscher, Dan Dervin, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Tom Gibbs, Anatoly Isaenko, Kalman Kaplan, Ruth Lijtmaer, Judith Logue, David Lotto, Merle Molofsky, Peter Petschauer, Joyce Rosenberg, Howard F. Stein, Burton Seitler, Frank Summers, and Jessica Van Denend. To Nicole Alliegro for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2007 software application, Caitlin Adams for editing and proofing, Devin McGinley for editing, and Professor Paul Salstrom, Jessica Minzner, and Hannah Ovadia 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
We welcome psychoanalytic/psychological insights of 500 1,500 words on a large variety of issues. It is our new policy to accept several longer articles—2,000 to 3,500 words—that will be subject to a more rigorous screening process than shorter submissions.
Contact: Paul Elovitz at with proposals, abstracts, outlines, and completed papers.
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Come Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of THE PSYCHOHISTORY FORUM and the 20th Anniversary of Clio’s Psyche
June 5, 2013 from 12 – 2 p.m. at the Kimmel Center of New York University, 60 Washington Square South in Manhattan. Cost: $24; checks can be made out to the Psychohistory Forum.
There are only 50 seats available, so make your reservations and menu choices ASAP.
During the morning of June 5th,
Paul Elovitz, founder and convener of the Forum and editor of its journal, will be the Keynote Speaker at the International Psychohistorical Association Conference at the same location.
To reserve your place at the luncheon, send checks to Professor Ken Fuchsman at 141 Overbrook Lane, Torrington, CT 06790.
To find out about attending the IPA Convention, contact Denis O’Keefe at .
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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
