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).
Read Excerpts from Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 and Table of Contents from The Making of Psychohistory.
Volume 29 Number 1Fall 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
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE: PART I
- Rozentsvit, I. (2022). Transgenerational phenomena: What these have to do with psychohistory? Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.70763/ddd9dda6bfaf0bb1525a8a27c3ee6131
- Miller, M. (2022). The transgenerational influence of Alice Miller, my war-traumatized mother. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.70763/1819932ff5cf474f4f19e7c7024640c2
- Stein, H. F. (2022). Forever haunting [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 12-13. https://doi.org/10.70763/333ac5d90817d69113471fbb6e531bee
- Lu, J. (2022). Do not say we have nothing: Working through the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 14-20. https://doi.org/10.70763/86e78499eeb33fb9cac16b7555b50767
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). The intergenerational transmission of trauma, resilience, and values in the Elovitz family. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.70763/6e5025ccc7d638ae4e724da8938450a6
- Seitler, B. N. (2022). Can resilience be transmitted intergenerationally? Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 28-34. https://doi.org/10.70763/c3e4035af2a1cde9f21e1ae1951ac80b
- Rozentsvit, I. (2022). Transgenerational: A hole in the soul [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 34-35. https://doi.org/10.70763/8929c70f8d710e412d38da624b21c3c8
OUR EMOTIONS PROJECTED ONTO TELEVISION, PODCASTS, MOVIES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES (MEDIA AS OBJECT RELATIONS)
- Ihanus, J. (2022). The transformative nature of books. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.70763/32e05616c8ed659463f9af00b142dd6f
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). Probing some of my emotional connections. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.70763/2596a54cdbb555cfd09cd5d991da0f55
- Kavaler-Adler, S. (2022). Emotional engagement with media: An object relations perspective. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 48-53. https://doi.org/10.70763/41e7637e7b6a9f27a98b84d3a185c7c0
- Booth, R. (2022). I love my pet rock: Attachment to people and things. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 54-59. https://doi.org/10.70763/bd0cc810b580b35884bd9df37c0e8b0f
- Petschauer, P. W. (2022). For the love of art. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.70763/88a839f2f6f1427879fc33ee4acf4f66
- Solomon, B. (2022). Holding on to my loved ones through beautiful objects. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 66-69. https://doi.org/10.70763/f8e59f4b2fe7c5705bf878bbd494ccdf
- Faber, M. A., & Licata, J. M. (2022). Fluido con affetto: The role of flow and emotion in music performance. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 69-74. https://doi.org/10.70763/9978b7063e297d84bb2ac8e46c1c845f
- Fabe, M. (2022). The power of the film medium. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 74-79. https://doi.org/10.70763/7bc1ec1d9c3426357e69acd5bf320061
- Crawley, D., & Gibson, A. E. (2022). Emotional attachment to television: Comfort, companionship, and anxiety reduction. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 80-85. https://doi.org/10.70763/d1a21da7bca4abff8b0b61b87597de73
HOWARD STEIN FESTSCHRIFT: PART II
- Nuckolls, C. W. (2022). The temporary eclipse of place in Ancient Athens. In D. R. Beisel, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Howard Stein Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.70763/211c1e0b83b9c69fa9c4bdede203c1e3
- Rozentsvit, I. (2022). A book of healing musical poetry: Howard Stein’s intersubjective creativity. In D. R. Beisel, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Howard Stein Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 94-99. https://doi.org/10.70763/0234c510bc6d908b28c70ff313743079
- Lotto, D. (2022). Howard Stein: A kindred spirit. In D. R. Beisel, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Howard Stein Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 99-100. https://doi.org/10.70763/bb1662b7c5f22a0f905fd59e718ca05e
- Adams, K. A. (2022). A psychohistorical Namaskar for Howard F. Stein. In D. R. Beisel, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Howard Stein Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 100-102. https://doi.org/10.70763/169779d3852b32ce8b1a1724dbf5217d
PSYCHOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AUTHORITARIANISM VS. DEMOCRACY
- Sanderson, K. (2022). Psychohistorical perspective on authoritarianism vs. democracy: Poland after 2015. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 102-109. https://doi.org/10.70763/12b1e42dc0746f22cf361267de07073f
- Petschauer, P. W. (2022). Leaders’ lies matter [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 111. https://doi.org/10.70763/3a1dd98341fafc1dfe9bcf36360e6b84
- Elovitz, P. H. (2022). Interview with Thomas Ferraro: Using psychoanalysis to understand and treat athletes [Interview]. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 111-115. https://doi.org/10.70763/100d9f30ca54b18d14821dc88fea0631
- Elovitz, P. H., Mayer, C.-H., & Rozentsvit, I. (2022). First year report of the Psychobiography Research and Publication Group. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 115-116. https://doi.org/10.70763/d51b416788b6ee70eb0c381c06efc9f1
BOOK REVIEWS
- Petschauer, P. W. (2022). Growing up as the daughter of Annie and Wilhelm Reich [Review of the book Memories of a Chaotic World. Growing Up as the Daughter of Annie and Wilhelm Reich by Lore Reich Rubin (2021)]. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 116-118. https://doi.org/10.70763/2056d8c1dec3d12cbce646b348d189d1
BULLETIN BOARD
CONFERENCES: Our next Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress seminar will be on September 17, 2022, when Tom Ferraro, a sports psychoanalyst and columnist, will present on the book he is writing on his area of expertise that Routledge will publish early next year. It remains to be seen if this will be a hybrid meeting or completely virtual. As of now, Fordham University is still not accepting outside groups. The next conference is tentatively scheduled for November 12, 2022.
Jim Anderson’s much postponed presentation on “Heinz Kohut’s Vulnerable Self, His Reaction to the Holocaust, and his Break with the Psychoanalytic Establishment” will only be presented in person when it is safe. Several other presentations are currently being planned for 2022/2023.
In the late Spring, we had three virtual seminar presentations: Juhani Ihanus (U. Helsinki), David R. Beisel (SUNY), and Paul H. Elovitz’ on May 14, 2022, on “Putin, Zelensky, and Ukraine”; Inna Rozentsvit (Object Relations Institute) on April 30, 2022, on “Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma and Resilience: What It Has to Do with Psychohistory”; and Claude-Hélène Mayer (University of Johannesburg) on April 2, 2022, on “Angela Merkel and Graça Machel: The Comparative Heroine’s Journeys of Two Women Leaders.” Inna Rozentsvit handled the technical aspects of the meetings.
At the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPhA) 45th Annual conference on May 19-21, 2022, and July 25- 26, 2022, the following Forum members presented: Marc-André Cotton, David R. Beisel, Michael Britton, Brian D’Agostino, Brigitte Demeure, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Gabriela Gusita, Dorothea Leicher, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Irene Javors, Ruth Lijtmaer, Claude-Hélène Mayer, Jamshid Marvasti, Inna Rozentsvit, Bob Samuels, Krystyna Sanderson, Howard F. Stein, and Pamela Steiner.
The Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) will meet at Rutgers in New Brunswick Hybrid Conference on October 20-23, 2022; and the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) will be held in November 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS: To Michael Maccoby for being honored at a virtual conference on June 18, 2022.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Claude Barbre, Michael Diamond, Nathan Gerard, E. Ethelbert Miller, William McKinley (Mac) Runyan, and Robert Stolorow.
THANKS: To Benefactors Peter Barglow, David R. Beisel, Thomas Ferraro, Eva Fogelman, Peter Loewenberg, David
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Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, Candace Orcutt, Arnold Richards, William McKinley (Mac) Runyan, and Mary Peace Sullivan; Patrons Theresa Aiello, Claude Barbre, David James Fisher, Ken Fuchsman, Denis O’Keefe, Peter W. Petschauer, Joyce Rosenberg, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members James R. Booth, Susan Charney, Hannah Hahn, John Hartman, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Danielle Knafo, Ruth Lijtmaer, and Judith Logue; and Supporting Members C. Fred Alford, Michael Diamond, Nathan Gerard, Christine Good, Susan Gregory, E. Ethelbert Miller, Susan Nimmanheminda, Jack Schwartz, and Robert Stolorow. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Kenneth Alan Adams, Richard Booth, Donna Crawley, Paul H. Elovitz, Marilyn Fabe, Michael A. Faber, Alexandra E. Gibson, Juhani Ihanus, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Julie M. Licata, David Lotto, Jun Lu, Martin Miller, Charles Nuckolls, Peter W. Petschauer, Inna Rozentsvit, Krystyna Sanderson, Burton Norman Seitler, Brenda Solomon, and Howard F. Stein. 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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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers on
Psychology of Music & Musicians
Winter 2023 Issue (Papers due 10/01/2022)
Some possible psychoanalytic/approaches include:
- What makes music so emotionally powerful? Why & how does music soothe or arouse us?
- What musical composition, song, or performance has changed your or someone else’s life?
- How does music connect to personality structures of individuals? Including music that is hated.
- What is the favored music of historical figures and how does it relate to their personalities?
- What is the relationship between music and dance and the ideals of a particular culture and time?
- Why and how has American popular music evolved and been so transformative? What is the impact of race, region, ethnicity, and immigration on this creativity?
- What makes musicians models, heroes, and heroines to much of the public?
- What are the similarities in the autobiographies and lives of great musicians?
- How does psychobiography help us understand music and musicians?
- What is the changing role of technology in the art, craft, and business of music?
- What is the role of music in religion? What makes sacred music sacred?
- What accounts for shifts in taste over time? What does it tell us about the mood, aspirations, fears, fantasies of the shift in zeitgeist historically and emotionally?
- How does the music of our childhood resonate through our lives?
- How did rock music festivals such as Woodstock, Altamont, and others impact the culture?
- Write a psychobiography of a musician.
We seek articles from 1,000-3,000 words—including a 25-word abstract, 7-10 keywords, and your brief biography ending in your e-mail address—by 10/01/2022. Case studies are encouraged. Send articles to .
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