Volume 27 - Number 1 - Fall 2020 - Clio's Psyche (2024)

Clio’s 100th Issue

Maccoby’s The President We Need
Symposium

Election 2020, Politics, and COVID-19

Psychology of Living with COVID-19

Interviews of Alford and Fabe

Lloyd deMause Memorial

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

• Maccoby, M. (2020). The president we need. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 1-13.
• Shapiro, R. (2020). Analysis and data from an economist. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 13-17.
• Harris, J. (2020). Reflections on Trump and Maccoby’s article. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 17-20.
• Heckscher, C. (2020). The president we need is a unifier, not a divider. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 21-24.
• Fuchsman, K. (2020). Obstacles to electing the leaders we need. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 24-27.
• Elovitz, P. H. (2020). President Biden would be an empathetic healer and knowledgeable problem solver: Not a disruptive narcissist. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 27-30.
• Wegner, B. (2020). Who is “we”? Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 31-34.
• Maccoby, M. (2020). Michael Maccoby responds to the commentaries. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 34-37.
• Frank, J. (2020). Binary thinking meets chaotic fragmentation in the 2020 election. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 41-46.
• Elovitz, P. H. (2020). When a psychoanalyst marries a historian: Brookhiser and Safer. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 46-55.
• Petschauer, P. W. (2020). Unmasking an agenda: COVID-19 and America’s indifference to life. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 55-61.
• Seitler, B. N. (2020). Donald Trump: Master marketer or malignant manipulative masoch*st? Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 61-65.
• Petschauer, P. W. (2020). Death at the COVID-19 front [poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 65-67.
• Elovitz, P. H. (2020). COVID-19: Denial, mourning, George Floyd, and healing our losses. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 67-72.
• Leicher, D. (2020). 2020 election and COVID-19. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 73-78.
• Lotto, D. (2020). America’s response to the plague. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 78-82.
• Duffell, N. (2020). Leadership at a loss: Why Britain and the U.S. mishandled the COVID-19 crisis. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 87-92.
• Jareño Gómez, A. (2020). COVID-19 in Spain: Quarantine songs. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 92-97.
• Lijtmaer, R. M. (2020). Personal reflections on living in the altered state of COVID-19. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 97-99.
• Ihanus, J. (2020). “We can’t breathe”: Pandemic, dreams, and helping. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 99-105.
• Janus, L. (2020). Reflections concerning the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 105-106.
• Bowker, M. H. (2020). Trauma, psychohistory, and humane understanding: An interview with C. Fred Alford. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 107-114.
• Anderson, J. W. (2020). Marilyn Fabe: Psychobiographer. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 114-123.
• Ihanus, J. (2020). Lloyd deMause’s odyssey. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 125-130.
• Kahr, B. (2020). Pearls of wisdom from Lloyd deMause. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 130-134.
• Hartman, J. J. (2020). Remembering Lloyd deMause. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 134-137.
• Hartman, J. J. (2020). Volkan’s remarkable application of psychoanalysis to society. Review of the book Large-Group Psychology: Racism, Societal Divisions, Narcissistic Leaders and Who We Are Now by John Jacob Hartman (2020). Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 137-140.
• Wegner, B. (2020). Psychobiography is trending among psychologists. Review of the book New Trends in Pschobiography edited by Claude-Hélène Mayer and Zoltán Kőváry (2019). Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 140-143.
• Beisel, D. R. (2020). Lawton’s pathbreaking “The myth of altruism.” [Letter to the Editor]. Clio’s Psyche, 27(1), 144.

BULLETIN BOARD

CONFERENCES: Until further notice, our Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Seminars will be online. The Psychology of the Presidential Election meeting will be on October 31^st with the following presenters: Dan McAdams (Northwestern University), “The Episodic Man: Donald Trump,” Denis O’Keefe (NYU), “Donald Trump and Stochastic Terrorism,” and Paul H. Elovitz (Ramapo College), “Reflections on Biden’s Personality.” Jim Anderson’s (Northwestern University/psychoanalyst) presentation on “Heinz Kohut’s Vulnerable Self” will be held when it is safe for him to fly from Chicago and the group to meet in person. Additional seminars will be announced online.

The International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) divided its annual conference into four parts starting on May 23-24 and June 27-28 and continuing into August and October; The International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) conference on July 14-17, 2020 was held online. Forthcoming online conferences include the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) on October 22-23, 2020; the Interdisciplinary Conference of the Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) on November 5-7, 2020; and the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) on November 14, 2020.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS: Paul Salstrom has retired and is now Professor Emeritus of History at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana.

WELCOME: To Drs. Mamata Nanda (Odisha, India) and Benjamin Wegner (Los Angeles), our newest members of the Forum who are the recipients of Young Scholar Membership Awards.

THANKS: To Benefactors C. Fred Alford, William Argus, Herbert Barry, Peter Barglow, David Beisel, Tom Ferraro, Peter Loewenberg, David Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, Candace Orcutt, Billie Pivnick, Mary Peace Sullivan, and Jacques Szaluta; Patrons David James Fisher, Eva Fogelman, Ken Fuchsman, Peter Webb Petschauer, Joyce Rosenberg, and Inna Rozentsveit; Sustaining Members James R. Booth, Hannah Hahn, Ruth Lijtmaer, Allan S. Mohl, and Arnold Richards; and Supporting Members James W. Anderson, Jack Fitzpatrick, Susan Kavaler-Adler, Bob Lentz, Susan Nimmanheminda, Joseph G. Ponterotto, and Howard Stein. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to James William Anderson, David R. Beisel, Matthew H. Bowker, Brian D’Agostino, Sagnik Dhar, Nick Duffell, Paul H. Elovitz, Justin Frank, Sven Fuchs, Ken Fuchsman, Abigail Jareño Gómez, Judith Harris, John Jacob Hartman, Charles Heckscher, Juhani Ihanus, Ludwig Janus, Brett Kahr, Ruth M. Lijtmaer, Dorothea Leicher, David Lotto, Michael Maccoby, Peter W. Petschauer, Souvik Raychaudhuri, Burton Norman Seitler, Robert Shapiro, and Benjamin Wegner. To Nicole D’Andria for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2016 software application, Tom Holster for research and proofing, and Hailey Ryan 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
The Psychology of Movies and TV Shows
(Due October 1, 2020, for Winter Issue)

Clio’s Psyche is looking for articles on a variety of subjects including the psychoanalysis/psychology of the following:

• The similarities between dreaming and watching a film
• The film image and primary process thinking
• Studies of films that replicate dreams or nightmares
• Psychobiographical studies of individual filmmakers
• Psychological interpretations of individual films, including TV film series
• Films about Freud, Jung, or other psychoanalytic/psychological theorists
• Representations of psychiatry or psychoanalysis in films
• Film as looking glass into the unconscious
• Clinical material that helps to cast light on the meaning of a film
• Screens: Viewing films on TV or a cell phone versus in a theater
• Generational differences in the use of screens and choice of subjects to view
• Films that make us laugh and why? -Crying at the movies
• Traumatic films and films that replicate trauma
• Psychological insight into the representation of gender and race in film
• Genre theory: the pleasure/power of the horror film, science fiction films, the Western, etc.
• Neurobiological insights into the emotional impact of film. For example, what is the impact of mirror neurons on our emotional response to film?
• The psychological impact of new digital technology
• Psychological origins of cinephilia/binge-watching
• Viewing under “house arrest” during the pandemic
• Psychobiographical studies of great filmmakers
• Psychobiographical insights from candidates’ autobiographies, books, and speeches

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We seek articles from 500 to 2,000 words–including a 25-50 word abstract,
7-10 keywords, and a brief bio ending in an email address.

One or two 3,500-4,000 word essays are also welcome provided they are outstanding scholarship, well written, and can be used as symposium papers. Longer papers must be submitted by September 1, 2020.

We do not publish bibliographies and have citations only for direct quotes. Articles, abstracts, and queries should be sent to
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Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers on
Psychoanalytic/Psychohistorical Teaching
(Due October 1, 2020)

Some possible psychological approaches include:

• The challenges of online teaching
• The challenges of online teaching
• Your experience teaching from an analytic or psychohistorical perspective
• Teaching psychoanalysis in institutes, universities, and high schools
• The mentorship model in psychoanalysis
• Developing trust and overcoming resistances to learning
• The roles of empathy, compassion, and identification in the classroom
• Teaching case studies, controversial issues, and difficult subjects
• Personal accounts of transformational teaching and extraordinary classes
• The impact of great teachers
• From passive to active: student-centered learning
• The dynamics of homeschooling and online teaching
• Dealing with student and societal anxiety in an era of school shootings
• Adult education/elder hostel instruction
• Your experience with psychological insight into subjects such as death, denial, dying, fear, contagion, illness, and hatred while teaching the young
• The Holocaust, trauma, war and peace, and women’s studies
• Dual student-teacher articles
• The uses of humor in education to overcome resistances
• Facing and overcoming teacher burnout
• Freud and other analysts as students and teachers
• A collection of syllabi illustrating this pedagogy

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We seek articles from 500 to 2,000 words–including a 35-50 word abstract,
7-10 keywords, and a brief bio ending with an email address.
One or two 3,500-4,000 word essays are also welcome provided they are
outstanding scholarship, well written, and can be used as symposium
papers. We do not publish bibliographies and have citations only for direct
quotes. Articles, abstracts, and queries should be sent to

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