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 28 Number 2Winter 2022
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 • Vamık Volkan, MD University of Virginia
HUMAN SPACE IN OUR MODERN, VIRTUAL, AND COVID WORLD
- Petschauer, P. W. (2022). COVID-19 and the changing spaces we inhabit. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.70763/aee92f16efd522b9326c25cc3237ac15
- Sanderson, K. (2022). COVID-19, psychoanalysis, and Zoom. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 137-140. https://doi.org/10.70763/0172d289da48c48de8c5ebf3de9f7ee1
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). Spaces we create, enjoy, fear, and live in during a pandemic. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 141-147. https://doi.org/10.70763/46f76a4bda9a9579eab38a8f6eabcda1
- Covitz, H. H. (2022). Abe Isaac’s ode to Melanie Klein’s breast [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 148-149. https://doi.org/10.70763/b030afbb3a8af8fb0759241c97466ee4
- Booth, R. (2022). Some reflections on using and altering space. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 149-154. https://doi.org/10.70763/3fc2c60b5782f641f76bcefc39fb2392
- Desai, P. (2022). Inner spaces during COVID-19: Mount Meru [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 155. https://doi.org/10.70763/12311d05c9aa67765703984239511212
- Mayer, C.-H. (2022). Space and transcultural identity development. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 156-159. https://doi.org/10.70763/09b69adcd7cbae914c6204984097d2da
- Messina, K. E. (2022). Mean girls go online while invading the psychological space of others. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 159-164. https://doi.org/10.70763/b139aeda1c2914e3b579aafd3ceeb1bd
- Petschauer, P. W. (2022). The false neutrality of corona maps. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 164-168. https://doi.org/10.70763/46b2644cbdf489fac0e2d192212d206d
- Schumacher, H. (2022). Cinema: The art of psychogeography. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 168-173. https://doi.org/10.70763/0738069b244a1c43c83112b735140a16
- Simms, N. (2022). Space in a time of pandemic and madness. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 173-176. https://doi.org/10.70763/4ea6a546c19499318091a9df40a13181
- West, M. I. (2022). Recuperative spaces in African American children’s literature. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 173-176. https://doi.org/10.70763/2bc8ae25856bc2a6a1333d1331a3b7a6
THE PARANOID TRADITION IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS SYMPOSIUM
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). An introduction to paranoid politics. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 182. https://doi.org/10.70763/ade55409d1224074754035a5a937d2e0
- Fuchsman, K. (2022). The paranoid style in American history and politics: A psychohistorical examination. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.70763/9752d873fa71c19dc602bf2a0696f9b5
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). Degrees of suspicion and paranoia: The need for more in-depth psychohistorical analysis. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 192-193. https://doi.org/10.70763/6775a0635c302542da2c32aa19d86be0
- Goertzel, T. (2022). Sources on the psychology of conspiracy to supplement Fuchsman’s political approach. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 196-198. https://doi.org/10.70763/6e0e24295e8a86282cb559b860416812
- Ihanus, J. (2022). Targeting the foreign evil. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 198-202. https://doi.org/10.70763/353de26971b93af88da102641069b440
- Leicher, D. (2022). Some psychodynamic interpretations of the paranoid tradition. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 202-205. https://doi.org/10.70763/d0bb8259d8fe3c7df4554dab9d7da3c9
- Lotto, D. (2022). Mass psychosis and the paranoid style. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 205-208. https://doi.org/10.70763/5d75b942ab4bd730bc2e819df9c9a4b5
- Orcutt, C. (2022). The geographical “solution”: A source of national paranoia? Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 208-211. https://doi.org/10.70763/a78482ce76496fcf49085f2190e675b4
- Steiner, P. (2022). Seeking to understand the fears leading to paranoia. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 211-213. https://doi.org/10.70763/d71fa38b648d86602d14ac610f2e6194
- Booth, R. (2022). From suspicion to paranoia: The general case. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 211-226. https://doi.org/10.70763/6f1d0705c91c2145201df18a1a0c7345
- Demeure, B. (2022). The French: European champions of anxiety and mistrust? Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 213-216. https://doi.org/10.70763/3812f9a59b634c2a9c574610eaba5bed
- Fuchsman, K. (2022). The paranoid style revisited. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 216-221. https://doi.org/10.70763/bf2fb7d1825a1df3ca308ad0bf48591e
- Hart, R. P. (2022). Donald Trump and the paranoid Style in the 2020 presidential campaign. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 226-231. https://doi.org/10.70763/4b29fa4efe4fb7bc667c7b301b74d52d
- Maccoby, M. (2022). The anatomy of paranoia. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 231-234. https://doi.org/10.70763/fdf1bc5669e8ff5ba45d02fded729feb
- Stein, H. F. (2022). America’s paranoid fear and denigration of Indians [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 234-235. https://doi.org/10.70763/5a2756a3cb9cde852cad3c97e120b656
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). Claude-Hélène Mayer: A multifaceted psychobiographer in two cultures [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.70763/2217ad1dd50c1017d3df6b44b7c45508
MEETING REPORT
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). Petschauer’s fine online presentation on space. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 246-248. https://doi.org/10.70763/e833e042f509c996b1b25324d56659fb
BOOK REVIEWS
- Salstrom, P. (2022). Anne Sebba’s psychologically astute account of Ethel Rosenberg Review of the book Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba (2021)]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 248-251. https://doi.org/10.70763/d3d80b656929a5bc0fa34381bf42fbdd
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
- Elovitz, P. H., Mayer, C.-H., & Rozentsvit, I. (2022). Announcing the psychobiography group of the Psychohistory Forum [Announcement]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 251-252. https://doi.org/10.70763/881c6efa917cff1c97a74e03e15f43e8
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: The Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminars were virtual on September 18th featuring Peter W. Petschauer (Appalachian State University) on the “Psychology of Space in the Age of COVID” and on November 20th featuring Sven Fuchs on “The Childhood Origins of Political Violence and Extremism.” Inna Rozentsvit handled the technical aspects of the meeting. Forthcoming meetings include Theresa Aiello’s (NYU) January 29, 2022, presentation on the psychogeography of place in New York City and Jim Anderson’s much-postponed March 12, 2022, presentation on Kohut. (We hope these two sessions can be in-person as well as virtual.) Additional meetings will be scheduled when proposal papers are received and a committee has reviewed them.
The International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) 45th Annual conference will be held in-person and virtually on May 19-21, 2022. The International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) meeting will be in Athens, Greece, on July 14-17, 2022, at the Grand Hyatt Athens, and the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) will be held in November 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS: To Paul H. Elovitz and the 37 authors on the publication by ORI Academic Press of The Many Roads of the Builders of Psychohistory (2021). A virtual book celebration will be held on February
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12, 2022. DEATHS: Richard Rubenstein (1924-2021) died on May 16, 2021. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Frank Braio and Michael O’Brien. THANKS: To Benefactors Fred C. Alford, Herbert Barry, Peter Barglow, David Beisel, Eva Fogelman, Peter Loewenberg, Candace Orcutt, Peter W. Petschauer, Arnold Richards, and Mary Peace Sullivan; Patrons Thomas Ferraro, David James Fisher, Ken Fuchsman, Alice Lombardo Maher, Denis O’Keefe, Joyce Rosenberg, and Inna Rozentsvit; Sustaining Members Hannah Hahn, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Danielle Knafo, Ruth Lijtmaer, Judith Logue, and Talia Shafir; and Supporting Members
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Tom Cook, Paul H. Elovitz, Lawrence J. Friedman, Christine R. Good, Susan Gregory, Michael O’Brien, Ken Rasmussen, and Charles B. Strozier. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Richard Booth, Howard Covitz, Brigitte Demeure, Padmavathy Desai, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Ted Goertzel, Roderick P. Hart, Juhani Ihanus, Dorthea Leicher, David Lotto, Michael Maccoby, Claude-Hélène Mayer, Karyne E. Messina, Candace Orcutt, Peter W. Petschauer, Paul Salstrom, Krystyna Sanderson, Holger Schumacher, Norman Simms, Howard F. Stein, Pamela Steiner, Mark I. West. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2016 software application and Professor Paul Salstrom and Metin San 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 on
Our Emotional Connection to Art, Books, Media, Music, Objects, Podcasts, TV, etc.
Spring 2022 Issue (Papers due 03/15/2022)
We welcome symposia or individual papers with a psychoanalytic/psychological approach on:
We welcome symposia or individual papers with a psychoanalytic/psychological approach on:
- Ways of expression
- What emotions are evoked by the screens you watch?
- Ways in which media serves as object relations.
- The emotions experienced watching TV series with anticipation for each episode.
- Why do you or people you care about watching certain media to relax?
- Gender issues in the emotions we are studying.
- Why do you watch certain screens and what emotions do they invoke?
- Case studies of how media inspires our personal lives and our work.
- How has instant communications changed our politics?
- TV as object relations
- Reviews of books and media relevant to this subject
We seek articles from 500 to 2,000 words—including a 25-word abstract, 7-10 keywords, and a brief biography ending with an email address. One or two 2,500-3,500 word essays are also welcome provided they are outstanding scholarship, well written, and can be used as symposium papers.
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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers on
The Emotions of Facing Death, Dying, and Life in the Era of COVID
Spring 2022 Issue (Papers due 03/15/2022)
Some possible psychological/psychoanalytic approaches include:
- Living with pain, suffering, dying, and ultimately death
- How people live with COVID-19 and prepare to die from it
- Living in isolation and dying alone
- Cross-cultural and religious/spiritual approaches to the subject
- Death as prompting dramatic life changes among the survivors
- Arranging your familial, financial, and intellectual legacy in the face of impending death
- Burials and births rituals online during the pandemic
- The treatment of death by the family, professionals, and society during pandemics
- Case studies of the death (and life) of famous people such as Churchill, Freud, Jefferson, Trebek
- Psychological insights on life and death in history, literature, philosophy, and psychology
- Suicide during COVID-19
- The denial of death and the humor of death and dying
- Case studies from hospice workers, therapists, and thanatologists
- The body after dying from COVID-19—different cultural approaches
- Psychological review of relevant, outstanding, recent books on death and dying
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 03/15/2022. One or two 3,000-3,500 word symposium submissions must be submitted by 01/15/22. Case studies are encouraged. Send articles as attached Microsoft Word documents (*.docx) files to .
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