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 30 Number 2Winter 2024
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
PETER WEBB PETSCHAUER FESTSCHRIFT
- Hudnall, A. C. (2024). Peter W. Petschauer: Scholar, leader, mentor, and friend. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 139-145. https://doi.org/10.70763/26c0a195973b46ba52a013c89dd82315
- Beisel, D. (2024). A scholar’s scholar. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 145-151. https://doi.org/10.70763/717d8b3d60d9eea997b35b02b6a4e867
- Elovitz, P. H. (2024). An interview with Peter Petschauer on his publications in retirement [Interview]. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 151-160. https://doi.org/10.70763/876e1c59023b1a0e95808168e1a8ff89
- Stein, H. F. (2024). A psychohistorian and his wheat field: Honoring Peter Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 160-165. https://doi.org/10.70763/5a4be1fa34e62bb8a6ec6b91d2462f5a
- Moré, A. (2024). From the South Tyrolean to the Appalachian Mountains. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.70763/18a411989b47ed75a60ac69d9da05aa5
- Rozentsvit, I. (2024). A poet who brings peace of mind psychohistorically. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.70763/265eceb6d4d961057f1b483a558e2885
- Stein, H. F. (2024). Peter Petschauer: The one-man surveying team [Poem]. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 178-179. https://doi.org/10.70763/fb642b781020b2aaeb1a7cee29acc915
APPRECIATIONS
- Ihanus, J. (2024). Impressions of Peter Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 180-182. https://doi.org/10.70763/a6da680bcb675843419f2ba88a7ab7b8
- Kacer, K. (2024). Postcards from Majdanek. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 182-183. https://doi.org/10.70763/19d19f93a4200dca6148155b8ccc0afd
- Lange, P. (2024). The wonderful character traits of Peter and Joni Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 184-185. https://doi.org/10.70763/cb8a08a240f3ea7c99b220d24f54f477
- Ringler, D., & Miller, L. (2024). Words of appreciation for Dr. Peter Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 185-187. https://doi.org/10.70763/8452a95c40e2b232acd9b8a8712935d7
- Reiss, H. (2024). A letter to you-Peter W. Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 187-189. https://doi.org/10.70763/c6c61abda705fbc0728c076d60ed74b8
- Janus, L. (2024). Peter Petschauer’s fundamental work on the education of women in 18th century Germany. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 189-190. https://doi.org/10.70763/3b8c6dc0b282e4aa77ac2a109dbc83c8
- Isaenko, A & Lentz, R. E. II (2024). A friend in need is a friend indeed. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 190-191. https://doi.org/10.70763/eb30fa42eeb3bf429cb7e3a3d7061b3b
- Fuchs, S. (2024). An unusual German of his generation. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 191-192. https://doi.org/10.70763/9c22c0b51b3202246463e986c7e205df
- Hein, S. (2024). Peter Petschauer: An erudite humanist. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 192-193. https://doi.org/10.70763/d814f4e3dcf9e6f473e213232b9ba115
- Geary, J. (2024). In appreciation of Peter Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 193-194. https://doi.org/10.70763/8c4f839b287d8a4d311eeaad4f8ceb97
- Collier, S. (2024). Peter Petschauer: Poetic justice for an investigator, writer, scholar, and great human [poem]. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 194-195. https://doi.org/10.70763/885b2c7a6deb4fea10f319c4ce993e02
- Waldheim, G. (2024). If I could choose a brother, it would be Peter Petschauer. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 195-196. https://doi.org/10.70763/aab11087c24981eb0e03846792ff5718
- Wentworth, J. (2024). Just your average unicorn. In A. C. Hudnall, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Peter Webb Petschauer festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 197-198. https://doi.org/10.70763/1f5069142727648138a54524b5beeb58
PSYCHOANALYSIS/PSYCHOLOGY OF ANXIETY AND FEAR: PART II
- Ihanus, J. (2024). The lure of horror. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 198-203. https://doi.org/10.70763/9161ab7a1b61012c4c303f10b4c16b2c
- Ferraro, T. (2024). Fear and loathing in the new America. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 203-208. https://doi.org/10.70763/08fc80de8121419136e443a70489c123
- Stein, H. F. (2024). Edvard Munch’s Scream*-and ours [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 208-209. https://doi.org/10.70763/6f8caa0e6413027cb7a12f945151cb8d
- Reibstein, R. (2024). Fear, environmentalism, and the great intersubjectivity. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 209-213. https://doi.org/10.70763/8df7c2e3c3c3be098ef7b382bd2c37ba
- Wein, H. B. (2024). Don’t go in the water [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 213-214. https://doi.org/10.70763/ffd2257b586a72d1fa75f4ba2ad914e6
- Leicher, D. (2024). Fear in my life. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 214-216. https://doi.org/10.70763/843a4d7fb5b1641b0bb8e3c2b2e75231
- Lotto, D. (2024). On weaponizing fear. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 216-219. https://doi.org/10.70763/54391c872fe1c8b4f98095c5d6ec7ec7
- Pascua, G. C. (2024). Reflections on the “War on Drugs” of Nixon and Duterte. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 219-221. https://doi.org/10.70763/edb947f2bbceb132245fdde9c59d3f59
- Berwald, M., Samardzic, A., Lynch, S., & Kundu-Veldhoven, P. (2024). From the fear of pandemic to the pandemic of fear. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 221-227. https://doi.org/10.70763/fa3dade3a49305f27f64203452ac954c
- Moore, L. (2024). The Orpheum, 1963 [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 228. https://doi.org/10.70763/5cde6dedeb8892e3794f22db57ada073
- Petschauer, P. W. (2024). The power of persuasion in an isolated setting: Ghost stories, the devil, and unique experiences. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 229-233. https://doi.org/10.70763/75f266633433d20abf6c1a13d97e7491
- Epstein, J. H. (2024). Anxiety and fear regarding the “Other” and social media. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 233-238. https://doi.org/10.70763/1d98edfd003bcd59e957739802965f19
- Carafone, L. (2024). Petrified [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 239. https://doi.org/10.70763/c8da655dbb57d68ec776f214a7908b6d
- Cotton, M. A. (2024). Trauma and politics of fear in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 239-246. https://doi.org/10.70763/c8d12113e2258af31914e88130b917f6
- Wein, H. B. (2024). Childish misconceptions about the nature of fear [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 246-247. https://doi.org/10.70763/ae3a12e662884604c069b4dfc5a13afd
- West, M. I. (2024). Dealing with childhood anxieties through play. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 247-248. https://doi.org/10.70763/988dce1898dfda74527351927d9575b2
- Rubin, J. B. (2024). Dr. A & I, or the end of emotional jazz [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 249. https://doi.org/10.70763/2e9f978b222a956ba6bdf427efbd9ab3
BOOK REVIEWS
- Chang D. L. (2024). Hearing and talking with the rejected self. [Review of the book The Unanswered Self: The Masterson Approach to the Healing of Personality Disorders by Candace Orcutt (2021).] Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 251-253. https://doi.org/10.70763/47698c15fb83a1e5bb1400accbb17f82
- Benveniste, D. S. (2024). Three impossible professions in one. [Review of the book Psychoanalytic Organizations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Douglas Kirsner (2022).] Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 253-257. https://doi.org/10.70763/9b523b0c92185f39a0da77a82c51b46a
- Petschauer, P. W. (2024). Some Nazi roots of modern management’s inhumanity? [Review of the book Gehorsam macht frei. Eine kurze Geschichte des Managements – von Hitler bis heute (Obedience Frees: A Short History of Management – From Hitler to Today) by Johann Chapoutot (2021).] Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.70763/9d03333181fb0f6bd495e8b157259880
- Schwartz, J. (2024). The healing of goodbye: The poetry of loss. [Review of the book The Poetry of Loss: Romantic and Contemporary Elegies by Judith Harris (2023).] Clio’s Psyche, 30(2), 260-264. https://doi.org/10.70763/84d5711e9bf5547001b765878e7b0157
BULLETIN BOARD
2023-2024 CONFERENCES: The next Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress seminar will be on January 27th when Paul H. Elovitz (Psychohistory Forum) will present selections from his memoir-in-progress, My Life in Psychohistory. The previous seminar was held virtually on November 4th with Howard Stein (U. of Oklahoma), Juhani Ihanus (U. Helsinki), and Judith Harris (Writer’s Center) presenting on Poetry and Psychohistory. Additional meetings will be virtual or hybrid and announced to the membership. In-person meetings will be at the Lincoln Center of Fordham University thanks to Professor Harold Takooshian, who hosts them, and each will have a virtual component. Other presentations are currently being planned for 2024.
The latest Psychohistory Forum Lifetime Achievement Awards in Psychohistory is scheduled for December 2nd with honorees Nancy Chodorow, Carol Gilligan, Eva Fogelman, and Nancy McWilliams. Prior awards were granted on January 14th to Peter J. Loewenberg, Robert Jay Lifton, Alan C. Elms, and David R. Beisel; March 18th honored Lawrence J. Friedman, Howard F. Stein, Jacques Szaluta, Daniel Dervin, and Herbert Barry III; and in conjunction with the IPhA, May 19th honored C. Fred Alford, David J. Fisher, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, and William M. Runyan. Additional awards will be granted, including one for Vamık Volkan.
On January 13, 2024, the Psychobiography Reading Group of the Research and Publication Group of the Psychohistory Forum will discuss readings by Alan Elms, George Atwood, and Robert Stolorow on Freud. The last meeting, held October 14, 2023, was on Freud’s Leonardo da Vinci. Previously, there were two meetings on Erik Erikson’s psychobiographies of Gandhi and Luther and one on James W. Anderson’s D. W. Winnicott chapter. Of late, the San
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Francisco Bay Area Psychobiography Group has been showing renewed activity and energy. The German Society for Psychohistory and Political Psychology (Gesellschaft für Psychohistorie und Politische Psychologie—GPPP) conference will be held May 10-12, 2024, in Cologne, Germany; the IPhA’s 47th Annual conference will be held virtually on May 30-June 1, 2024; the International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) meeting will be on July 4-6, 2024 in Santiago, Chile; the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) will meet at the Rutgers Inn and Conference Centre in New Brunswick in the fall; and the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) will meet in the fall.
PSYCHOHISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP: In Turkey, Tulin Erinc is writing her doctoral dissertation on “A Psychohistorical Evaluation of Cultic Caves from Hellenistic and Roman Anatolia.”
CONGRATULATIONS ON BOOKS: To Christine Silverstein on Wrestling Through Adversity: Empowering Children, Teens, & Young Adults to Win in Life and Joseph Boskin on A Comedy of Pretzels. Accepted for publication by Routledge are two books on Putin by Karyne Messina and Richard Wood. Joseph Ponterotto’s Handbook of Psychobiography: A Practical Guide to Research and Ethics will be released soon.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Nicole Barenbaum, Amy Demorest, Ray Fancher, Elaine Olaoye, Audrey Anne Sackman, Dean Simonton, and Michael Sokal. In our new category of International Electronic Members, we have added Marc-André Cotton, Brigitte DeMeure, Tulin Erinc, Sven Fuchs, Anna Geifman, Gabriela Gusita, Ian Hughes, Helene Lewis, Jun Lu, Patrick McEvoy-Halston, Angela Moré, Mamata Nanda, Peter Schultz-Hageleit, Lorin Schwarz, Helene Wolf, and Gerlinde Zibulski.
THANKS: To Lifetime Member Candace Orcutt; Platinum Members David James Fisher and Mary Peace Sullivan; Benefactors Herb Barry III, Eva Fogelman, David Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, Inna Rozentsvit, and William McKinley (Mac) Runyan; Patrons Theresa Aiello, Donna Crawley, Paul H. Elovitz, John J. Fitzpatrick, Ken Fuchsman, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Alice Lombardo Maher, Peter W. Petschauer, Dean Simonton, Jacques Szaluta, Duke Wagner, and Richard Wood; Members C. Fred Alford, Nicole Barenbaum, Barbara Bloom, Tom Cook, Amy Demorest, Michael Diamond, Raymond E. Fancher, Christine R. Good, Susan
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Gregory, Susan Hein, Danielle Knafo, William Manson, Karyne Messina, Audrey Anne Sackman, Krystyna Sanderson, Christine Silverstein, and Charles B. Strozier. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to David Beisel, Daniel S. Benveniste, Marisa Berwald, Laurie Carafone, Daphne Lin Chang, Scott Collier, Marc-André Cotton, Paul H. Elovitz, Joseph Healy Epstein, Tom Ferraro, Sven Fuchs, Judy Geary, Susan Hein, Amy C. Hudnall, Juhani Ihanus, Anatoly Isaenko, Ludwig Janus, Kathy Kacer, Piyali Kundu-Veldhoven, Peter Lange, Dorothea Leicher, Ralph E. Lentz II, David Lotto, Sean Lynch, Lindsay Miller, Laura Moore, Angela Moré, Robert F. Mullen, Gabriel C. Pascua, Peter W. Petschauer, Rick Reibstein, Heinrich Reiss, Denise Ringler, Inna Rozentsvit, Jeffrey B. Rubin, Andjela Samardzic, Jack Schwartz, Howard F. Stein, Gerhard Waldheim, Harrison Bae Wein, Jay Wentworth, and Mark I. West. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2016 software application and Professor Paul Salstrom and Kevin McGinnis 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
The Psychoanalysis of Antisemitism
Spring 2024 Issue
Deadline: 01/01/2024
Deadline: 01/01/2024
Some possible psychological/psychoanalytic approaches include:
- Envy and resentment of Jews, sometimes leading to paranoia
- Historical Jew-hating in polytheistic Egypt, Persia, and Rome
- Emerging rampant antisemitism during the Crusades
- Christian and Islamic antisemitism throughout history
- Castration anxiety related to the Jewish covenant involving circumcision of the foreskin
- Disagreement with Israeli governmental policies as a cloak for anti-semitism
- Why is the hatred of Jews such an enduring feature of Western and Islamic history?
- A double standard for Jews: Is the “Jew as victim” challenged by Israeli toughness?
- Are Jews disdained for being fighters rather than victims?
- Anti-Israeli government policies conflated with antisemitism despite Jewish opposition to them
- Jewish self-hatred: Antisemitism among Jews—Marx and many others
- What are the parallels between Jews in the U.S. and in pre-expulsion Spain and Germany?
- Pioneers of capitalism and modernity: Are Jews hated as the yeast of modern civilization?
- Why did Stalin, a mostly secret antisemite, call Jew-hatred a form of cannibalism?
- How does Left-wing and communist antisemitism differ from Right-wing Jew hatred?
We seek articles from 1,000-2,500 words—including a 25 to 50-word abstract, 7-10 keywords, and your brief biography ending in your e-mail address—by 01/01/2024. Case studies are encouraged. Send articles as attached Microsoft Word documents (*.docx) files to .
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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers
Psychobiography
Spring 2024 Issue
Deadline: 01/01/2024 and ongoing
We seek articles that have 1,500 to 3,500 words on psychobiographies and the autobiographies of psychobiographers.
Deadline: 01/01/2024 and ongoing
We seek articles that have 1,500 to 3,500 words on psychobiographies and the autobiographies of psychobiographers.
- What are the differences between your subject’s childhood and adulthood?
- What obstacles and traumas did your subject face and overcome? O What historical figure would you most like to write on?
- Why did you choose to write a particular psychobiography?
- What is your countertransference to your subject?
- Write a 1,000 words or less review of a very recent psychobiography
Psychohistory of Election 2024
Spring 2024 Issue
Deadline: 01/01/2024
We seek articles that have 1,000 to 2,500 words on:
Deadline: 01/01/2024
We seek articles that have 1,000 to 2,500 words on:
- What makes the 2024 Biden/Trump contest different than the 2020 election?
- What is the psychoanalytic impact of 2024 issues vs. 2020 issues?
- Why is there such a negative reaction to Biden’s age rather than a focus on the Washington wisdom that enabled him to do so much?
- What emotions make Trump’s base so loyal that “I could shoot somebody [on 5th Ave], and I wouldn’t lose any voters”?
- Why do voters seem to prefer inexperienced presidential leaders?
We welcome a symposia submission with a psychoanalytic/psychopolitical approach of up to 3,500 words if received by December 15th. Submissions should be sent to .
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Call for 3,000-Word Chapters on
Psychobiographies and the Autobiographies of Psychobiographers
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