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Volume 22 Number 4March 2016
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 (28)
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR AND HATRED SPECIAL ISSUE
- Wilson, N. (2016). Hate and its ramifications. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 225-227. https://doi.org/10.70763/ea9268cb43f55d1d12380fb6ea5bf572
- Alford, C. F. (2016). Hate, like love, binds us together. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.70763/65b1e92c585fd4c2159d5f33b5030ff2
- Newton, M. A. (2016). A great fear and hatred: Suicide bombers. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 230-234. https://doi.org/10.70763/243be2818a23c980ad664f30f48e5d19
- Job, S. (2016). Reflections on racist nationalist hatred in Yeltsin’s Russia. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 235-239. https://doi.org/10.70763/1c66f4627f1b9679f8db47d1287d7e98
- Lijtmaer, R. M. (2016). Dehumanizing others, torture, and genocide: The power of hate. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 240-243. https://doi.org/10.70763/6e2eec9ca19c076736d19ac5426473af
- Molofsky, M. (2016). Why we hate: The easy answer. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 243-247. https://doi.org/10.70763/a6ade5aa93b826f8de63c663e1159bf7
- Brenner, I. (2016). Portrait of a terrorist. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 247-249. https://doi.org/10.70763/f26df67e8110ee2b44923db775e3e47f
- Cotton, M.-A. (2016). Revoking citizenship: The malaise afflicting France. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 249-253. https://doi.org/10.70763/9b2f00f37307f2c2f372acafe55843f3
- Markowitz, J. (2016). The evolution of rage. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 254-256. https://doi.org/10.70763/dfa037a53e121ecc9e0926800c3e814e
- Allen, J. (2016). Germanophobia and the debut of the new science of propaganda. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 256-262. https://doi.org/10.70763/7da18d0326a9f46a4817e19c805819ae
- Petschauer, P. W. (2016). Educating against hate. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 262-267. https://doi.org/10.70763/7fa215c9efebb3811a7ef58409907899
- Petschauer, P. W. (2016). Franz Herda: American-German [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 268-269. https://doi.org/10.70763/9eac167ec1efbe078138397fabba902e
- Samuels, R. (2016). Psychoanalyzing the political rhetoric of fear. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 269-273. https://doi.org/10.70763/494c08f7a144d3cc4cfa661ed1244039
- n. a. (2016). Donald Trump gives permission to hate, thus easing our superegos. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 273-277.
CONSCIENCE, OBAMA, CLINTON, AND TRUMP
- Elovitz, P. H. (2016). Reflections on Trump’s celebrity politics and psychobiography. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 277-285. https://doi.org/10.70763/6236c78e73f52110ae39e588ba88de0b
- Salstrom, P. (2016). Conscience, superego, and Muslims. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 286-291. https://doi.org/10.70763/a3048e47310d6efaa4b1eaf55227bc92
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Tears of rage: President Obama and the emotional legacy of Newtown. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 292-296. https://doi.org/10.70763/42c8938e4cf5777700700e642dc2a8cd
- Elovitz, P. H. (2016). Fantasy politics and an imaginary analysis of Hillary Clinton. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 296-299. https://doi.org/10.70763/4f5a97cf06cf69028997db51d8726d28
MEDIEVAL PEOPLE AND ANTI-SEMITISM
- Papiasvili, E. D., & Mayers, L. A. (2016). Two medieval lives: Hildegard of Bingen and William Marshal. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 300-307. https://doi.org/10.70763/f550e0ba9e1c4e8bb4a5ed0ac23a952d
- Stern, C. (2016). A window on hatred and persecution: Anti-Jewish images in medieval Europe. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 307-312. https://doi.org/10.70763/dc0439caeb74ffc2795571af07a7eab1
SPIELBERG, THE MAN AND HIS FILMS
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Steven Spielberg: The quest to be a moral male. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 312-318. https://doi.org/10.70763/582967e09f1b30ca2539968da0a174fa
- Javors, I. (2016). Ode to ET [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 318-320. https://doi.org/10.70763/b9f35816f460ab999cbc168c4da26ff3
- Ferraro, T. (2016). Masterpieces that are the through lines for the 20th century. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 320-323. https://doi.org/10.70763/31c0b36aef265d9221af80872ceb62f9
BOOKS REVIEWS
- Seitler, B. N. (2016). Jewish humor [Review of the book Kvetching and Shpritzing: Jewish Humor in American Popular Culture edited by Joseph Dorinson (2015)]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.70763/d58f855fdcc76daf232aee454c4e59f7
- Szaluta, J. (2016). Marks’ important history of the modern world [Review of the book The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century edited by Robert B. Marks (2015)]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 326-329. https://doi.org/10.70763/4c2e5eaae9152079b9e95845750bb9ab
- Elovitz, P. H. (2016). Reappraising the first president Bush [Review of the book Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush edited by Jon Meacham (2015)]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 329-331. https://doi.org/10.70763/f269cb7796c3319c9aa4d146b52139e6
MEMORIALS
- Rosenberg, J., & Cifelli, D. (2016). Remembering Arno Gruen [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 332-333. https://doi.org/10.70763/50dd7100bcbd98c41b1179143a2325a4
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Gibbs, T. (2016). Terrorists as the other [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(4), 334-335. https://doi.org/10.70763/7171e95248ff768e1ebee3edde01ea7a
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Our forthcoming Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminar will be on April 9, 2016 when Ken Fuchsman (University of Connecticut), will speak on “The Role of Attachment in the Human Condition.” Papers will be e-mailed to members electronically on or before March 15. Additional seminars will be announced as details are finalized after papers are submitted and accepted. The Psychohistory Forum’s last seminar was on January 30 when David Lotto (Journal of Psychohistory and private psychoanalytic practice) presented on racism in the Republican Party and America. As usual, Jacques Szaluta (Merchant Marine Academy) served as moderator. Proposals are welcome and will be vetted by a committee once a presentation paper is submitted. Announcements and papers are sent out electronically to Psychohistory Forum members. The International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) conference will be on June 1-3, 2016 at New York University; and the International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) conference will be on July 14-17, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland. The Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) will be meeting at Rutgers University on October 13-15, 2016; the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) meets on October 27-29, 2016 in Pasadena; and the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) November 12, 2016 meeting are in Manhattan.
CONGRATULATIONS: To Howard Stein and Seth Alcorn on the publication of The Dysfunctional Workplace: Theory, Stories, and
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WELCOME: To new members Susan Kassouf and Inna Rozentsvit and Arjun Bastola as our new webmaster.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Bill Argus, Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Tom Ferraro, Peter Loewenberg, Marvasti Jamshid, and Mary Peace Sullivan; Patrons Peter Barglow, Ken Fuchsman, David Lotto, Alice Maher, Peter Petschauer, and Burton Norman Seitler; Sustaining Members Dick Booth, George and Carolyn Brown, David James Fisher, Ruth Ljitmaer, Alan Mohl, Joyce M. Rosenberg, and Arlene Steinberg; Supporting Members Paul H. Elovitz, Eva Fogelman, Judy Gardiner, John J. Hartman, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, Inna Rozentsvits, and Christina Stern; and Members Suzanne Adrion, Heiderose Butscher, Molly Castelloe, Susan Charney, Geoffrey Cocks, Brian D’Agostino, Lawrence J. Friedman, Michael S. Isaacs, Judith Logue, Peggy McLaughlin, Merle Molofsky, Joseph V. Montville, Ruth Neubauer, Ken Rasmussen, Margery Quackenbush, and Howard Stein. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Fred Alford, James Allen, Ira Brenner, David Cifelli, Marc-André Cotton, Paul H. Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Tom Gibbs, Irene Javors, Sebastian Job, Ruth Lijtmaer, Merle Molofsky, Marcie Newton, Joel Markowitz, Linda A. Mayers, Eva D. Papiasvilli, Peter Petschauer, Joyce Rosenberg, Paul Salstrom, Robert Samuels, David Seitler, Christina Stern, Jacques Szaluta, and Neil Wilson. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2013 software application, Caitlin Adams Gaynor and Joyce Rosenberg for editing and proofing, and David Cifelli, Professor Paul Salstrom, and Michael Stellitano 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 Call for Papers
for Future Issues
- Psychobiography & Globalization—Due 4/1/16 for June issue
- Psychology of Election 2016: Candidate Psychobiography, Emotions, Political Illusions, and Realities—Due 7/1 for Sept.
- The Impact of Celebrity Culture on America
- Dependency and Independency in the Family, Politics, and Society
- TV as Object Relations: Our Emotional Connection to Fantasy
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Business Success
- Images and Psychology of Enemies and Hatred through the Ages
- The Intrapsychic and Societal Processes of the American Acceptance of Homosexuality
- Environmentalism and Anti-Environmentalism
- The Contemporary American Fascination with Animals
- Anti-Government Fantasies and Civilization
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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
