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Volume 21 Number 3December 2014
ISSN 1080-2622
Editorial Board
Herb Barry, PhD University of Pittsburgh • 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
Articles (30)
SYMPOSIUM: ARE WE MORE OR LESS CIVILIZED?
- Elovitz, P. H. (2014). Reflections on why humans are better off, more civilized, and possibly more anxious. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 245-256. https://doi.org/10.70763/d5ff135377d39f1de7372c95c74dd962
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). The complexities of being civilized. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 256-264. https://doi.org/10.70763/4e477793df9bdde030226dcd3a262a4a
- Bowker, M. H. (2014). Civilizing versus being civil: Some ironies. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 264-267. https://doi.org/10.70763/31b91e3a8737fd8dd3d4b0c8c679049b
- Carveth, D. (2014). Income inequality and reduced democracy. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 267-268. https://doi.org/10.70763/1625abb8e458a79765c62009235e9d5b
- Denham, A. R. (2014). Civilization and the insidiousness of structural violence. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 268-270. https://doi.org/10.70763/c952ce98517ac529c60744ac28364b03
- Gonen, J. Y. (2014). What does being “civilized” mean? Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 270-272. https://doi.org/10.70763/ac4e7a4f341e7281b0f6f274f9ec3905
- Javors, I. (2014). Zombies and the apocalyptic imagination. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 273-274. https://doi.org/10.70763/a09e75c5c86a7bf6582d2b4d75aad615
- Logue, J. (2014). Civilization and its malcontents. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 275-277. https://doi.org/10.70763/015e31933548461020e2ba448e85995e
- Lotto, D. (2014). Some thoughts on civilization and violence. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 277-280. https://doi.org/10.70763/084a8a9aa8cced9175bd07bc44998e75
- Pomper, P. (2014). Civilized like Captain Hook, but capable of learning. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 280-282. https://doi.org/10.70763/3be0214185d6177a9aa6adea5a720b09
- Samakhvalau, D. (2014). Reflections on Elovitz’ article. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 282-284. https://doi.org/10.70763/3cc578f087ea520aefaaf92c802c1a34
- Simms, N. (2014). One big, happy, civilized family. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 284-287. https://doi.org/10.70763/c0c783b5fc0d7d808f1d14a6e9c8280d
- Snow, J., & Stecker, F. (2014). American social Darwinism makes us less civilized. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 288-291. https://doi.org/10.70763/7f5fc754c7af0a6370c9bf91314e79f4
- Stein, H. F. (2014). Two possible criteria for being civilized. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 292-294. https://doi.org/10.70763/4f81b1d964419548f01ca35bbaeeda75
- Stern, C. (2014). Enlightenment ideals in our present? Our future? Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 295-298. https://doi.org/10.70763/5b5e6cc50cefa5e9f1f5ca272b136475
- Tritle, L. (2014). Some thoughts on the times. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 298-300. https://doi.org/10.70763/d360a502598a4b64b936683b44a5523a
- Elovitz, P. H. (2014). Deepening our knowledge of what it means to be civilized. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 300-306. https://doi.org/10.70763/56577889b3c1cd083b6d7b32d32f99d5
- Fuchsman, K. (2014). Is civilization uncivilized? Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 307-313. https://doi.org/10.70763/1cd73be1e256a7405516501e94e892ac
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Rosenberg, J. M. (2014). British civility: Reality or reaction-formation? Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.70763/ca4b33532855080dfa79cf8a925d146d
- Petschauer, P. W. (2014). Being civilized: A historical perspective. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 317-321. https://doi.org/10.70763/da0b566359c3862f20b5072c3d49bd0f
- Lyman, R. (2014). A belated education in the civilization of the rest of the world. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 321-323. https://doi.org/10.70763/d3f5d4de09ea19461dab00590df91e4f
- Cotton, M.-A. (2014). Reminiscence of WWII sets the pace in the Ukraine crisis. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 324-328. https://doi.org/10.70763/df5354693177e83e8ba089e94b7b6b55
- Carveth, D. (2014). Civilization and Its Discontents: A Kleinian re-view. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 328-333. https://doi.org/10.70763/ee0e95249268b86ff2053bef214bfeda
- Elovitz, P. H. (2014). Baseball’s love affair with Derek Jeter. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 334-339. https://doi.org/10.70763/354ac345fd8c6d7ef634d9a8e3d47b83
- Ferraro, T. (2014). Jeff Koons and the channeling of the American soul. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 340-343. https://doi.org/10.70763/e366d105cfd734677897aaccf51e97a3
- Repinetskiy, S., & Greifman, A. (2014). Nikolay Chernyshevsky’s novel as a psychological profile. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 343-347. https://doi.org/10.70763/5901fe6483310c89c35b54455f2a5557
- Seitler, B. N. (2014). Funny bones and cracked ribs. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 347-351. https://doi.org/10.70763/89a4779d3836ea432f7ea074e522a17e
- Stein, H. (2014). Our Henry Lawton [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 351-352. https://doi.org/10.70763/385822e359afa26d52b5b286226f2cea
BOOK REVIEWS
- Rancour-Laferriere, D. (2014). The melancholy self in art history [Review of the book At Home in the World: A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art by Donald Capps (2013)]. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 352-355. https://doi.org/10.70763/90525e70b7842930586545c6f1c9310c
MEETING REPORTS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2014). Brainstorming about the civilizing process [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 21(4), 355-358. https://doi.org/10.70763/9565f1cd832c9675c76672081c819342
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: The Psychohistory Forum’s 2015 Work-In-Progress Seminars will be announced as details are finalized. On January 31, 2015 Michael Clifford (private practice) will speak on Adler, Freud, and Winnicott. Additional proposals are welcome and will be vetted by a committee once a presentation paper is submitted. In March we are scheduling The Psychology of Music, led by Ken Fuchsman (UConn) with several presenters including Susan Gregory. Announcements and papers are sent out electronically to Psychohistory Forum members. We want to thank Larry Friedman (Harvard), Ken Fuchsman (UConn), and Paul Elovitz (Ramapo College) for their fall 2014 presentations, as well as Jacques Szaluta (Merchant Marine Academy) for serving as moderator. Upcoming conferences include the Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) meetings of the American Psychological Association (APA), which will be held in San Francisco on April 23-26, 2015; the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) conference will be on June 3-5, 2015 at New York University; the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations is forthcoming on June 10-13, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro; and the International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) conference will be on July 3-6, 2015 in San Diego. We welcome new members Michael Clifford and Arlene Steinberg.
CONGRATULATIONS: To Judy Gardiner who on September 12, 2014 at the University of Gdansk Interdisciplinary Conference in Poland co-conducted an Ullman dream workshop and to Hans Bakker who is serving as “Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor” at Brandon University in Manitoba during the fall 2014 semester.
NOTES: In the September issue Irene Javor’s degree and certification should have been listed as MEd and LMHC.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for
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the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Peter Loewenberg, David Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, and Mary Peace Sullivan; Patrons Fred Alford, Bill Argus, Tom Ferraro, Eva Fogelman, Ken Fuchsman, Alice Maher, Peter Petschauer, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members Peter Barglow, Dick Booth, George and Carolyn Brown, David James Fisher, Ruth Lijtmaer, Alan Mohl, Joyce Rosenberg, Burton Seitler, and Arlene Steinberg; Supporting Members Michael Clifford, Paul Elovitz, Susan Gregory, John Hartman, Bob Lentz, Joel Markowitz, Sandra Parness, Billy Pivnick, Mina and Dominic Potts, Hanna Turken, and Duke Wagner; and Members Michael Brinton, Valerie Rose Brinton, Heiderose Butscher, Geoffrey Cocks, Ted Goertzel, Philip Langer, Marvin Leibowitz, Judith Logue, Richard Lyman, Geraldine Pauling, Merle Molofsky, Ruth Neubauer, Vivian Rosenberg, Joan Seymour, and Howard Stein. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Matthew H. Bowker, Don Carveth, Marc-André Cotton, Aaron R. Denham, Paul Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Jay Y. Gonen, Irene Javors, Judith Logue, David Lotto, Richard Lyman, Peter Petschauer, Phillip Pomper, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, Joyce M. Rosenberg, Dzmitry Samakhvalau, Burton Norman Seitler, Norman Simms, John Snow, Frederick Stecker, Howard F. Stein, Christina Stern, and Lawrence Tritle. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2013 software application, Caitlin Adams for editing and proofing, and David Cifelli 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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Clio’s Psyche 2015 Call for Papers
Clio’s Psyche is looking for articles on a variety of subjects including the psychoanalysis/psychology of the following:
- The impact of celebrity culture on psychological development
- The denigration of presidents, especially in their second term
- How psychoanalysis has changed your view of the world
- Studies in homegrown terrorism
- Dependency and individuation in the family and society
- Poems relevant to our Special Issues and psychohistory
Contact Paul H. Elovitz. PhD, at for details
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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers
How Electronics are Changing Our Lives
January 1, 2015
Clio’s Psyche is looking for articles on a variety of subjects including the psychoanalysis/psychology of the following:
- Developmental changes in children based on early exposure
- How electronics empower the young
- How the “digital generation” differs from your generation neurobiographical changes based on electronics
- Changes in attention span or intimacy based on electronics
- The impact of electronics on the experience of the “other”
- How technology influences our metaphors and thinking
- The impact of texting on the family: dependence/individualization
- Electronics and the sense of self
- The impact of electronics on impulse control
- How electronics have improved or deteriorated your life and world
- Electronics and the democraticization of society
- The danger to civil liberties from electronics
- Humor in the electronic world
- Electronic cocoons and echo chambers
- Anthropomorphizing electronics, including robots
- Using Skype for therapy, education, romance, or teaching
- Psychobiographies of futurologists and innovators: Asimov, Edison, Gates, Jobs, Khan, Kurzweill, Wales, Zuckerberg, et al.
- Reviews of recent books and films
- Poems relevant to our Special Issues, major subjects, or psychohistory
We seek articles from 500 to 1,500 words—including your brief
biography. Some 2,500-3,500 word essays are also welcome provided they are outstanding scholarship and well written. We do not publish bibliographies and have citations only for direct quotes. Articles, abstracts, and queries should be sent to
Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, 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
