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Volume 28 Number 1Fall 2021
ISSN 1080-2622
Editorial Board
C. Fred Alford, PhD University of Maryland • James William Anderson, PhD Northwestern University • David R. 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 • Peter Loewenberg, PhD UCLA • Denis O’Keefe, PhD New York University • Peter W. Petschauer, PhD Appalachian State University
DAVID BEISEL FESTSCHRIFT ESSAYS IN HONOR OF DAVID R. BEISEL
- Elovitz, P. H. (2021). David R. Beisel: Extraordinary psychohistorian and colleague. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.70763/6b8b8e3bd6ad94b985c1b1f1b7a94cb2
- Petschauer, P. W. (2021). The unique approaches of two authoritarians. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.70763/e8f2779682fd11fa2067beffc27a9192
- Petschauer, P. W. (2021). The tyrant’s death [poem]. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 16-17. https://doi.org/10.70763/6e3197aae95c2ff8fcab35cb730f6a86
- Stein, H. F. (2021). David Beisel: A scholar’s scholar in psychohistory. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 17-23. https://doi.org/10.70763/25ef0d887bc7a2b30089a025618e1c62
- Ihanus, J. (2021). Resistance and transformation in psychohistory. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.70763/332647f433a1c10fa2e2ae04abfdf83e
- Fuchsman, K. (2021). David Beisel is also a psychohistorian of the arts. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 28-31. https://doi.org/10.70763/f9fd2624beefbc7808e4e405d73f57ab
BEISEL APPRECIATIONS
- Shutova, O. (2021). Passionate journeys to psychohistory: Honoring the brilliant psychohistorian. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 31-33. https://doi.org/10.70763/a57e8915461b83adefb011530b711704
- Javors, I. (2021). Collaborating with Dave: New perspectives/new direction. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 34-35. https://doi.org/10.70763/379a7ba015d8bf1c70b8add2c287c6fa
- Artin, T. (2021). Celebrating my friendship with a splendid human being: David Beisel. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 35-37. https://doi.org/10.70763/3c333aadfc3ee8ecb8d77ee31197d96a
- Bliersbach, G. (2021). Doing psychohistory with David Beisel. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 37-38. https://doi.org/10.70763/b8b9c74ac526fffbeb2d39ab038d1cd7
- Adams, K. A. (2021). Toasting Dave Beisel. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 38-39. https://doi.org/10.70763/314450613369e0ee72d0da7f6fee773c
- Quitt, M. H. (2021). Enjoying jazz with David Beisel. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.70763/9e82757e9a1c12cb710ad680db11f6f1
COPING IN OUR ANXIOUS WORLD
- Elovitz, P. H. (2021). Coping with anxiety in our fearful digital world. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.70763/c7558e9d1f956b016d1fdba7ea132378
- Bowker, M. H. (2021). Anxiety, help, and helplessness. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.70763/73b817090081cef1bca77232f4532c5d
- Ihanus, J. (2021). Virtual anxiety. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.70763/b5b03f06271f8917685d14cea7c6c50a
- Messina, K. E. (2021). Coping in our anxious world: Implementing mentalization to address racism. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 56-60. https://doi.org/10.70763/dba31bb5c75992690f20c2d3b370ec7c
- Covitz, H. H. (2021). The illusion [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 60-61. https://doi.org/10.70763/ef67f7c2d86352c2c42e19d20f881f53
- Petschauer, P. W. (2021). Our anxieties. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 61-65. https://doi.org/10.70763/c68c9c8258ea7d85472dd6fd0015f047
- Steiner, P. (2021). Our anxiety can be reduced by addressing the world’s problems. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 65-66. https://doi.org/10.70763/b31df16a88ce00fed951f24b46e08649
- Nagel, J. J. (2021). Music as a powerful reducer of anxiety. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 66-70. https://doi.org/10.70763/17eb7ecc4c38e4705361cccd903ad8c6
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TEACHING: PART II
- Harris, J. (2021). Psychoanalytic and psychohistorical pedagogy. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.70763/e924517087669cf201ea91bd737a4ff4
- Seitler, B. N. (2021). Psychoanalysis and education: A developmental proposal. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.70763/340a39045c40d50dda207bcfdece883a
- Harris, J. (2021). Psychoanalytic pedagogy in the works of Bracher, Berman, and Alcorn. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 80-85. https://doi.org/10.70763/dfb84a11f431c62436cfb760e30a34fe
- Barbre, C. (2021). Teaching therapeutic imagination: A neglected competency in psychology. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 85-90. https://doi.org/10.70763/f6c9dc70ecfd8f90ba8598aa2401cd1a
- Bracher, M. (2021). A psychoanalytic literary pedagogy: Practices for identity development. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 91-96. https://doi.org/10.70763/6271faadeedd7626d661856b7a004e27
- Elovitz, P. H. (2021). Learning and helping people learn. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.70763/465636eb4a7ff4b267f3b765d07a02da
- Ihanus, J. (2021). Education and learning: Strangers to psychoanalysis? A historical overview. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 101-106. https://doi.org/10.70763/17d8da815fa21c57af9829fb0a869602
- Elovitz, P. H., & Petschauer, P. W. (2021). Danielle Knafo: The psychology of creativity and perversion [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 106-117. https://doi.org/10.70763/6d19c113404cee55b4036fce1a37c058
- Elovitz, P. H. (2021). Our virtual Psychohistory Forum meeting on paranoid politics. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 117-118. https://doi.org/10.70763/a4666cd9e1ab0e4abf05a0fb232f4ad3
- Petschauer, P. W. (2021). The journey of history to psychohistory [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 120-121. https://doi.org/10.70763/3953630da28e5181cffca1278517e3cf
BOOK REVIEWS
- Takooshian, H. (2021). The Armenian genocide: Can conciliation replace denial [Review of the book Collective Trauma and the Armenian Genocide: Armenian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Relations Since 1839 by Pamela Steiner (2021)]? Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 121-125. https://doi.org/10.70763/ac34ae1fda29b8fe781ac8d6d32a6bc7
MEMORIALS
- Stein, H. F. (2021). Remembering Richard L. Rubenstein [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 126-127. https://doi.org/10.70763/56c82ccd658e09e829f16bb99457bcbc
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: The Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminar’s virtual meeting on May 1, 2021, featured Ken Fuchsman (University of Connecticut and past International Psychohistorical Association [IPA] president) on “The Paranoid Tradition in American History and Politics.” Inna Rozentsvit handled the technical aspects of the meeting. “Accomplishments and the Next Assignments of Psychohistory: The Impact of COVID-19 and the Need for Research on Childrearing, Psychobiography, and the Breakdown of Trust” is the tentative title of the seminar being scheduled for September online. Jim Anderson is now confident that he can present in person his pandemic delayed talk, “Heinz Kohut’s Vulnerable Self,” in the early spring. Additional meetings will be scheduled when proposal papers are received and a committee has reviewed them.
The International Psychohistorical Association’s 44th Annual conference held virtually on May 19-21, 2021, included presentations by our members, Peter Loewenberg (keynote speaker), Theresa Aiello, Marc-André Cotton, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Hannah Hahn, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Doris Leicher, Ruth Lijtmaer, Karyne E. Messina, Denis O’Keefe, Peter W. Petschauer, Ken Rasmussen, Howard F. Stein, and Duke Wagner. The International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) virtual meeting will be on July 11-13, 2021; and the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) conference will be held in Fall 2021.
APPRECIATION: We wish to thank Judith Harris for several years of service as Associate Editor of Clio’s Psyche as she now turns her attention to writing The Poetry of Loss: Romantic and Contemporary Elegies for Routledge.
CONGRATULATIONS: To David R. Beisel and Irene Javors on the publication of Genres of the Imagination (2021); Tomasz Pawelec on History and the Unconscious: The Theoretical Assumptions and Research Practices of Psychohistory (this 2004 book is now translated into English from Polish); Paul Salstrom on his upcoming book Appalachia’s Alternative to Mainstream America: A Personal Education (University of Tennessee Press, December 2021 release); Vamık D. Volkan on the publication of Sexual Addiction: Psychoanalytic
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Concepts and the Art of Supervision; and Bob Samuels on the publication of Generation X and the Rise of the Entertainment Subject, part of the Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation series (2021). Congratulations to the staff of the IPA who have upgraded their online newsletter into a valuable psychohistorical source, which may be found at: https://www.psychohistory.us/archive.php.
DEATHS: Our condolences to Margery Quackenbush on the death of her husband Robert: artist, children’s book author, psychoanalyst, and past member of the Psychohistory Forum who died at age 91 of leukemia.
WORK IN PROGRESS: To Larry Friedman on the near completion of A World Without Nations: Pragmatic Visionaries and the Quest for Global Peace that he has worked on for many years.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Karyne E. Messina, Bob Samuels, Pamela Steiner, and Benjamin Wegner.
THANKS: To Benefactors Fred C. Alford, Peter Barglow, Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Eva Fogelman, Peter Loewenberg, David Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, Candace Orcutt, Peter W. Petschauer, Billie Pivnick, and Jacques Szaluta; Patrons Theresa Aiello, Ken Fuchsman, and Joyce Rosenberg; Sustaining Members Arnold Richards and Talia Shafir; and Supporting Members James W. Anderson, Sue Erikson Bloland, Barbara Bloom, James R. Booth, Michael Britton, Marilyn Charles, Lawrence J. Friedman, Karyne E. Messina, Susan Nimmanheminda, Joseph G. Ponterotto, and Jack Schwartz. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Kenneth Alan Adams, Tom Artin, Claude Barbre, Gerhard Bliersbach, Matthew H. Bowker, Mark Bracher, Howard H. Covitz, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Judith Harris, Juhani Ihanus, Irene Javors, Karyne E. Messina, Julie Jaffee Nagel, Peter W. Petschauer, Martin Quitt, Burton Norman Seitler, Olga Shutova, Howard F. Stein, Pamela Steiner, and Harold Takooshian. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2016 software application and Professor Paul Salstrom for proofing. Our special thanks to our authors, editors, and numerous overworked referees who must remain anonymous.
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Call for Papers
Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers on
Personal Space in our Modern & Virtual World
The Winter 2022 Special Issue (Papers due 10/01/2022)
Some possible psychological/psychoanalytic approaches include:
- Case studies of severe anxiety and depression brought on or intensified by social distancing and fear of the pandemic
- Familial spatial rearrangements during the pandemic and the impact on relationships
- The invasion of women’s space including by bosses and politicians
- Online space and its meaning to the young who can be bullied on it
- Personal vs. public space: What are the safe spaces of your life?
- Cultural comparisons of the use of space and their implications
- The space of our homes, imposing exterior-mansions
- How the space we create in our homes reflects our psychic reality
- Space for public display or personal enjoyment
- Owning, controlling space as an expression of one’s power
- The sacred space of the nation state worth fighting and dying for
- The invasion of workspace into the home sanctuary
- Royal space and the space of the rich and powerful vs. others
- Space for quiet and reflection in a noisy, intrusive world
- Religious spaces, including comparisons of religious usage of space
- Conflicts over holy space, case studies, such as in Jerusalem
- Imagined space: heaven, hell, utopias, and dystopias
- The medical invasion of the body: X-rays, MRI, mammograms
- Digital business, government, and personal computer space, invaded by hackers
- Fantasies & realities of outer space, space in the wild, etc.
- Technology and space
- Reviews of relevant books, broadcasts, games, movies, music, or plays
We seek articles from 1,000-2,000 words—including a 25-word abstract, 7-10 keywords, and your brief biography ending in your e-mail address—by 10/01/2021. One or two 3,000-3,500 word symposium submissions must be submitted by 08/15/21. Send articles as attached Microsoft Word documents (*.docx) or rich text format (*.rtf) files to .
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