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 24 Number 2Winter 2018
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 PSYCHOANALYSIS OF PSYCHOANALYSTS
- Carveth, D. (2018). Why I write about guilt. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 135-137. https://doi.org/10.70763/7de32147a4f1055bed9e4faf3485a84d
- Cotton, M.-A. (2018). Sigmund Freud, son of Amalia. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 137-143. https://doi.org/10.70763/b2004314aa49d95302179246148e0326
- Schwartz, J. (2018). Freud in Paris. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.70763/586f9b4035e5997f77635b13cc04984c
- Hartman, J. J. (2018). Remembering Bion. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 146-149. https://doi.org/10.70763/12092a75caa75e4644fd2869f0b6c45a
- Orcutt, C. (2018). The schizoid analysts who brought relationship to psychoanalysis. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 149-153. https://doi.org/10.70763/758be1f9f7a7efac938ed8bd97c0e1cb
- Kavaler-Adler, S. (2018). Klein and Winnicott: Contrasting mothers, contrasting theories. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 154-162. https://doi.org/10.70763/09ba3f0df1447f40e98674ba9d62c747
- Ihanus, J. (2018). Benjamin B. Rubinstein: A Finnish-American psychoanalyst. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 162-166. https://doi.org/10.70763/5b4a2146246bc3a3a941f32225bbb792
- Brenner, I. (2018). Child training in later years: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 166-169. https://doi.org/10.70763/2e1b24a664f5e9c18f407b2f9c73e821
- Kahn, S. R. (2018). Two terrified children versus Oedipus: Oedipus won. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 169-175. https://doi.org/10.70763/c5bbd980e5ab2c17413ec02bd757a9e5
- Leicher, D. (2018). The effects of replacing religion with psychoanalysis. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.70763/86a1793f65aeef4aeef4b479fc9b2bca
- Solomon, B. (2018). Facing ethics, privacy, sexual issues, boundary violations, and retirement as an analyst. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 180-188. https://doi.org/10.70763/703957b6dd9e3a7980e040bee50ded65
- Strozier, C. B. (2018). A journey in psychohistory. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 188-191. https://doi.org/10.70763/de7f47e09c8e05e6021ababdf6bc58e7
INTERVIEWS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2018). James Anderson: Psychobiographer and psychoanalyst [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 192-206. https://doi.org/10.70763/66121d1f782d29b62a286909165517bc
- Anderson, J. W. (2018). My meeting with Anna Freud. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 206-214. https://doi.org/10.70763/f356355c1634839cf42769e7f30905a3
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
- Newton, M. (2018). “Hell hath no fury like a commoner scorned”: Brexit and the rise of plebeitocracy. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 214-220. https://doi.org/10.70763/473447ac58e1cd7e96172575f48dca3b
- Rahman, M., & Marvasti, J. A. (2018). How to make a terrorist: The psychohistorical aspect of radicalization. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.70763/def7924e3199be5e18060bb3e1d547a7
- Tritle, L. (2018). Remembering Chaim Shatan: Healer, advocate, friend. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 226-229. https://doi.org/10.70763/e1fc9c082df6cfff8cbcfff2b5a722ef
- Elovitz, P. H. (2018). In appreciation of the contributions of Bob Lentz and Dick Booth. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 229-230. https://doi.org/10.70763/e3ea33961a7c5b1ec04d6c97aa3b5379
BOOK REVIEWS
- Barry, H., III. (2018). Herbert Hoover was an admirable person and president [Review of Herbert Hoover: A Life by Glen Jeansonne (2016)]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 231-233. https://doi.org/10.70763/13d63838ef1fb6f34ca2dc6821c60e49
MEETING REPORTS
- Elovitz, P. H. (2018). Probing gender, political correctness, and Trump [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 234-237. https://doi.org/10.70763/56503192b14190d3826780d47c0d3bf3
- Elovitz, P. H. (2018). The history of psychohistory [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 237-240. https://doi.org/10.70763/7e8d7e5ccbddfd9576be61e3ab86aa73
- Elovitz, P. H. (2018). Anderson on Donald W. Winnicott [Meeting Report]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 240-242. https://doi.org/10.70763/9edda0fd4d983bf975935cfd492fd50b
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Barglow, P. (2018). Reaction to Fuchsman’s DSM-III criticism [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 244-245. https://doi.org/10.70763/73c03186765e199c116224b68adc5fa0
- McCarthy, E. (2018). Fisher is wrong about Trump voters [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 246-247. https://doi.org/10.70763/51e6d6e679953c6311757004d8cbbba9
- Fisher, D. J. (2018). Response to McCarthy [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 24(2), 247-249. https://doi.org/10.70763/797134c3e42371bb4979a462eb2f042a
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminars are announced as details are finalized after a paper is submitted, screened by a committee, and accepted. Announcements and papers are sent out electronically to Psychohistory Forum members. Jacques Szaluta serves as moderator and recently Harold Takoosian has been our host at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus. Proposals are welcome and will be vetted by a committee once a presentation paper is submitted. In 2017 our presenters were James W. Anderson, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Irene Javors, Inna Rozentsvit, and Jack Schwartz. The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) on November 18, 2017 held a meeting on the psychology of narcissism in leaders. The 41st annual conference of the International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) will be held at New York University from May 30-June 1, 2018. IPA president Ken Fuchsman reports that paper proposals will be accepted through January 15, 2018. Upcoming meetings of various organizations include the International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) conference on July 4-7, 2018 in San Antonio; Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) at Rutgers University on October 19-20, 2018 with the theme of “Transformations: Disrupting Dystopic Futures”; and the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) will be during November 2018 in Lago Mar in Fort Lauderdale.
CONGRATULATIONS: To James W. Anderson on his election as president of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society for 2017-2019. Eva Fogelman on her publication with others of Children in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath: Historical and Psychological Studies of the Kestenberg Archive. She also spoke in Israel at the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors
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of the Holocaust and Their Descendants. Susan Kavaler-Adler on her presentation on the sense of time in treatment at the recent IFPE conference. Ruth Lijtmaer on her chapter, “Silent Broken Memories,” in editor Sharon Farber’s Celebrating the Wounded Healer Psychotherapist. Joseph Ponterotto on the publication of “Ethical and Legal Consideration in Doing Psychobiography” (with a colleague) and “A Councillor’s Guide to Conducting Psychobiographical Research.” Norman Simms has published volume two of Jews in an Illusion of Paradise: Falling out of Place and into History. We welcome new members Barbara Bloom, Jay Einhorn, Susan Kavaler-Adler, and Marian Marguiles.
OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Bill Argus, Peter Barglow, Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Tom Ferraro, Peter Loewenberg, Jamshid Marvasti, and Mary Peace Sullivan; Patrons Fred Alford, Eva Fogelman, Ken Fuchsman, Alice Lombardo Maher, Joyce M. Rosenberg, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Member Candace Orcutt; Supporting Members Barbara Bloom, Jay Einhorn, Paul H. Elovitz, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, and Charles B. Strozier; and Members Doris Leicher and Barry Shapiro. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to James W. Anderson, Peter Barglow, Herbert Barry III, Ira Brenner, Don Carveth, Marc-André Cotton, David James Fisher, John Jacob Hartman, Juhani Ihanus, Sharon R. Kahn, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Dorothea Leicher, Jamshid A. Marvasti, Elizabeth McCarthy, Marcie Newton, Mustafa Rahman, Jack Schwartz, Brenda Solomon, Charles B. Strozier, and Lawrence Tritle. To Caitlin Gaynor for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2016 software application, Nicole D’Andria for editing and proofing, and Jessica Mar, Professor Paul Salstrom, and John Swenarton for proofing. Our special thanks to our authors, editors, and numerous overworked referees who must remain anonymous.
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Clio’s Psyche
Call for Papers For Future Issues
Clio’s Psyche welcomes articles on a variety of subjects. Below are some special issues that we would welcome guest editors or guest co-editors for psychological articles for:
- Psychobiographical methodology
- Abraham Lincoln’s psychodynamics and political psychology
- The impact of celebrity culture on America
- TV and gaming as object relations; our emotional connection to fantasy
- The images and psychology of enemies and hatred throughout the ages
- The spread of psychological insights and knowledge in society
- The intrapsychic and societal processes of the American acceptance of homosexuality
- The impact of digital devices on children and families
- Environmentalism and anti-environmentalism
- The contemporary American fascination with animals
- The role of women and children in different time periods
- Anti-governmental fantasies and the lessons of civilization
- Domestic ambivalence about America as world leader
We seek articles from 1,000-2,500 words, including keywords, a 100-word abstract, and a three- or four-sentence biography of the author ending in an email address. We discourage citations, except for direct quotations, and do not publish bibliographies. Longer papers of 3,500-4,000 words of exceptional quality may be accepted and used for symposia. Our double blind refereeing system normally involves five referees. It is helpful to examine the last year’s issues on cliospsyche.org/archives. Queries and proposals should be sent to .
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The International Psychohistorical Association (IPA)
Invites presentation proposals for its 41st annual conference from May 30th to June 1st, 2018 at New York University. All proposals related to the intersection of psychology and history are welcome.
Conference Theme: The Self in Psychology, History and Culture Conference Sub-theme: Retrospective on the Work and Career of Robert J. Lifton
The keynote speakers will be Carol Gilligan (NYU, author of In A Different Voice and other notable works), James Gilligan (NYU, author of Violence: Reflections on A National Epidemic and other significant books).
Conference Theme: The Self in Psychology, History and Culture Conference Sub-theme: Retrospective on the Work and Career of Robert J. Lifton
The keynote speakers will be Carol Gilligan (NYU, author of In A Different Voice and other notable works), James Gilligan (NYU, author of Violence: Reflections on A National Epidemic and other significant books).
The plenary speakers include:
- Bandy Lee (Assistant Clinical Professor Yale Medical School, Co- Founder Yale University’s Violence and Health Group, and editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump), George Makari (Director of the Institute for the History of Psychiatry at Cornell-Weill Medical Center and author of Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis and Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind), and Daniel Shaw (author of Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation, and practicing social worker).
- Any questions about the conference and proposals should be directed to Ken Fuchsman, President, International Psychohistorical Association at kfuchsman@gmail.com.
- Proposals should be submitted by January 15, 2018. Individual proposals should consist of a title, a 75-word abstract, and a brief biography. Panel proposals should have a title, list of the proposed presenters, a 150-word abstract, and brief biographies of each presenter.
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Call for Papers on
Psychology and History of Sexual Violation Special Issue
Papers are due March 15, 2018 for Spring 2018
Clio’s Psyche seeks psychological insights on these and related subjects:
Clio’s Psyche seeks psychological insights on these and related subjects:
- Why in America have the barriers to making these issues public broken down?
- To what extent is the openness about these abuses related to the Trump presidency and the call for his investigation?
- The varied responses to charges of sexual abuse
- The “casting couch” in Hollywood and the Weinstein case
- Therapies for sexual misconduct and their effectiveness
- Charges for political purposes and fantasies of sexual intrusion
- How celebrities, politicians, therapists, and the wealthy deal with the erotic transference
- Sexual abuse and sexual fantasy in the Freudian tradition
- The #MeToo movement
- The complexities of gender, sexuality, and denial
- Cases of a rush to judgment without due process, ruining a person’s career
- Male sexual privilege in the Middle Ages and throughout history
- Specific cases: Conyers, Farenhold, Franken, Franks, Lauer, Moore,
Rose, Trump, Thomas, Weinstein, etc.
Articles should be 1,000-2,500 words—including keywords, a 100-word abstract, and your brief biography ending in your e-mail address. We do not publish bibliographies and usually only have citations for direct quotes. Before writing it is good to examine past articles from the last decade on cliospsyche.org/archives. Articles, abstracts, and inquiries should be sent to .
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