The Making of Psychohistory

Paul H. Elovitz, PhD is a founding member and past president of the International Psychohistorical Association, founder of the Psychohistory Forum, founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Clio’s Psyche, and a founding member of Ramapo College of New Jersey where he teaches history, interdisciplinary studies, and psychohistory. He practiced psychotherapy for a quarter century after extensive training in psychoanalysis, and is the author of over 340 publications.

Acknowledgements; Glossary 1. Introduction 2. My Exuberant Journey 3. The Early History of Psychohistory 4. Resistance and Perseverance 5. Comparing the Early Freudian and Psychohistorical Movements 6. A Psychohistorian’s Approach to Childhood and Childrearing 7. Prominent Psychohistorians Lifton, deMause, and Volkan 8. Outstanding Psychohistorians Gay, Loewenberg, and Binion 9. My Journey as a Psychohistorical Teacher 10. My Role in Creating and Nurturing Postgraduate Psychohistorical Education 11. The Dilemmas of a Presidential Psychohistorian 12. Finding My Voice with Halpern, deMause, Ullman 13. Builders of Psychohistory 14. Concluding Thoughts; Appendices A. Featured Scholar Interviews, B. Memorials