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Volume 23 Number 1Fall 2016
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 • Marilyn Charles, PhD Austen Riggs Center • Lawrence J. Friedman, PhD Harvard University • Ken Fuchsman, EdD University of Connecticut • Bob Lentz • Peter Loewenberg, PhD UCLA • Peter Petschauer, PhD Appalachian State University
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ELECTION 2016
- Elovitz, P. H. (2016). A presidential psychobiographer’s countertransference to Trump. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.70763/8a057268a74a5f1201285aa667585e15
- Beisel, D. (2016). Humiliation, salvation, and complicity on the 2016 campaign trail. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 8-11. https://doi.org/10.70763/d0aa518d4d3bfc721aa0b8ab4ef32269
- Rasmussen, K. (2016). The Trump card: Psychohistorical perspectives on demagoguery and conspiracy thinking. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 11-15. https://doi.org/10.70763/b5a1d925221b37e2e399f7b319038ba0
- Goertzel, T. (2016). Charisma, personality, and nastiness in the 2016 presidential primaries. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 16-18. https://doi.org/10.70763/0d8080853a54f8985276b0130266a657
- Bond, M. (2016). Why I support Sanders and not Clinton. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.70763/cff02a74da64d145a4aed3a577a106ab
- Cifelli, D. (2016). The emotional and political appeal of anti-establishment politics. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.70763/49c0fa7f96aa0a5fb95c62909d5190a6
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Explaining the popularity of Trump and Sanders. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/45cef8e5b9570959bd9feaacae2bf38d
- Salstrom, P. (2016). Reverend Coughlin and Donald Trump. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 32-34. https://doi.org/10.70763/c203e4a1bdef9372cb9864bfc9b511cc
- Barry, H., III (2016). Voting for global welfare or America first. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.70763/e1021d43911ca2c1845910d84f40aeae
- Sharma, D. (2016). Two progressive lives: Hillary Clinton and Ann Dunham. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.70763/2da6cc4a5d3a7ee43c1b3af99267ed17
PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY AND PSYCHOHISTORY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
- Ihanus, J. (2016). The first Finnish psychobiography. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 43-46. https://doi.org/10.70763/cf88118aa2ba88de549d08038ae76606
- LeVine, R. A. (2016). Psychobiography in anthropology: Life history across cultures. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.70763/310cc7ca5a76a446f85c1a0d641ba96d
- Ponterotto, J. G. (2016). Bobby Fischer, the Cold War, and the global reach of psychobiography. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.70763/14678db82874f1456031fcc05a3afaf6
- Simms, N. (2016). My psychobiography outside the USA. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 59-63. https://doi.org/10.70763/a22d33b4a00c165507a61f3bed4b5149
MISCELLEANOUS ARTICLES
- Goertzel, T. (2016). The ritual sacrifice of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.70763/30a237d18c50f563cba4531f1db44acf
- Papiasvili, E. D. (2016). Women’s voices in psychoanalysis: Erased or forgotten. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.70763/07845cd9aefa6cde3f8926d25138a3a2
BOOK REVIEWS
- Carlin, N. (2016). A new introduction to the psychology of religion [Review of the book Psychological Perspectives on Religion and Religiosity by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (2015)]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 73-75. https://doi.org/10.70763/9627c45df543c816a3ddf2d8ea686a99
- Gonen, J. Y. (2016). What Parsifal saw [Review of the book What Parsifal Saw by Tom Artin (2016)]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 75-78. https://doi.org/10.70763/e761813f83dfc86fa1c6e0da5510c3b8
- Kassouf, S. (2016). The importance of psychoanalytic insights on the environment [Review of the book Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement by Renee Lertzman (2015)]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 78-81. https://doi.org/10.70763/2b346a0aa375a07f5a90a344a61416c4
- Molofsky, M. (2016). Remembering the overlooked woman [Review of the book A Perfect Portrait: A Novel Set in Eighteenth-Century Weimar, Germany by Peter W. Petschauer (2016)]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 82-84. https://doi.org/10.70763/ddf9029977a61241841edeae15e9b53f
- Rosenberg, J. M. (2016). The need for conversation in our digital era [Review of the book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in the Digital Age by Sherry Turkle (2015)]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 84-87. https://doi.org/10.70763/b67fb3360ae5597d85a005153451dd4e
MEMORIALS
- Cifelli, D., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2016). In remembrance of Mel Spiro [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 87-88. https://doi.org/10.70763/6915849303a3fe93657587cb9c469f00
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Brown, G. W. (2016). It’s time for a woman president [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 89-90. https://doi.org/10.70763/1ea97de85eb634d580161c603422437f
- Stecker, F. (2016). Holding women to a higher standard [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 90-91. https://doi.org/10.70763/1d2a48c55f6f10010887cc7d849469a1
- Ferraro, T. (2016). A valuable forum meeting on attachment [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 93-94. https://doi.org/10.70763/e1228be46de6a0234ac22ded31417bc7
- Fuchsman, K. (2016). Attachment, childrearing, and marriage [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 94-96. https://doi.org/10.70763/77ec6f21c85b637cc42bb997841e11a6
- Petschauer, P. (2016). An American reflects on Germany [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 23(1), 96-98. https://doi.org/10.70763/54ebdfbbfe6c31c39aaba9a1ee83860a
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Our 2016-17 Psychohistory Forum Work-In- Progress Seminars start on September 24, 2016 with a joint meeting with the Society for the Psychoanalytic Understanding through Research (SPUR), which is launching J.A.S.P.E.R. INTERNATIONAL (Journal for the Advancement of Scientific Psychoanalytic Empirical Research). Burton N. Seitler (private practice), director of the society and editor of this new journal, will be presenting with Paul H. Elovitz (Ramapo College) and others on “Psychoanalysis as an Art and a Science in Relationship to Psychohistory.” On November 5, 2016 Herbert Barry (University of
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Pittsburgh), Paul Elovitz, and Ken Fuchsman (University of Connecticut) will present their research on the 2016 presidential election. Additional seminars will be announced as details are finalized after papers are submitted and accepted. As usual, Jacques Szaluta (Merchant Marine Academy) will serve 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. Presenting at the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) conference on June 1-3, 2016 at New York University were Psychohistory Forum members Bill Argus, Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Molly Castelloe, David Cifelli, Ted Cox, Brian D’Agostino, Paul Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Irene Javors, David Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, Allan Mohl, Merle Molofsky, Denis O’Keefe, Peter Petschauer, Inna Rozentsvit, Howard Stein, and Jacques Szaluta. Prof. Szaluta was honored at an IPA luncheon meeting for his contributions to psychohistory. Some of our members also presented at the International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) conference 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) meets on November 12, 2016 in Manhattan.
NOTES ON MEMBERS: At the end of June Eva Fogelman presented the “Historiography of the Study of Holocaust Child Survivors” at Hebrew University. At the same conference her husband Jerome Chanes presented “Antisemitism in Europe and America, 2016: A Comparative Analysis.” Once a month on Fridays Irene Javors is doing art reviews on WBAI radio for the program “State of The Arts in New York City.”
CONGRATULATIONS: To Ken Fuchsman on his election to the presidency of the IPA and to Glen Jeansonne, a retired Editorial Board member and University of Wisconsin professor emeritus, on the October publication of Herbert Hoover: A Life (Random House).
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, Peter Petschauer, Burton Norman Seitler, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members Irene Javors, and Ruth Ljitmaer; Supporting Members Paul H. Elovitz,
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Larry Friedman, Judy Gardiner, Jay Gonen, John J. Hartman, Bob Lentz, Joel Moskowitz, and Inna Rozentsvit; and Members Valerie Brinton and Merle Molofsky. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Molly Bond, George Brown, Nathan Carlin, David Cifelli, Paul H. Elovitz, Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Ted Goertzel, Jay Y. Gonen, Juhani Ihanus, Susan Kassouf, Robert A. LeVine, Merle Molofsky, Peter Petschauer, Eva D. Papiasvili, Joseph G. Ponterotto, Joyce M. Rosenberg, Paul Salstrom, Dinesh Sharma, Norman Simms, and Frederick Stecker. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2013 software application, Caitlin Gaynor and Joyce M. Rosenberg for editing and proofing, and Molly Bond, 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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Call for Papers
Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers
for Future Issues
Clio’s Psyche is looking for articles on a variety of subjects. Here are some special issues that we would welcome informed guest editor or co-editors for psychologically-oriented articles on:
- 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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We seek articles from 1,500 to 2,000 words—including your brief biography. Some 3,500-word essays are also welcome, provided they are outstanding scholarship and well-written. We do not publish bibliographies and usually have citations only for direct quotes. Before writing, it is good to examine issues from the last decade on cliospsyche.org/archives. Articles, abstracts, and queries should be sent to the editor:
Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, at .
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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers
The Psychology of Brexit
Winter 2017 Issue Submissions due September 15, 2016
We seek psychoanalytic/psychological insights on these and related topics:
We seek psychoanalytic/psychological insights on these and related topics:
- Why did English and Welsh voters support leaving the EU?
- The fear of the “other”: Middle Eastern and African refugees
and economic migrants - What constitutes British cultural identity and why does it feel threatened?
- The psychology of the economic markets’ strong response to the Brexit vote
- The impact of age, education, gender, rural, and urban factors
- The politics leading to the Brexit vote and the election
- Is the dream and reality of the EU in danger of collapse?
- Implications for the feelings and realities of British living in Europe and Europeans in the UK
- Reviews of books and films relevant to the subject
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We seek articles up to 2,000 words—including your brief biography—by September 15, 2016. An abstract, outline, or just an expression of interest would be helpful. A high quality, especially psychohistorical article of up to 3,500 words for a possible symposium would need to be submitted no later than August 1, 2016. Send documents in Microsoft Word (*.docx or .doc) format that includes a title, any institutional affiliation you may have, and about four sentences of biography ending in your e-mail address. Send to the editor:
Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, at .
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