The Institute for Psychohistory

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Psychohistory, the science of historical motivations, combines the insights of psychotherapy with the research methodology of the social sciences to understand the emotional origin of the social and political behavior of groups and nations, past and present. The center of psychohistorical research around the globe is The Institute for Psychohistory, which is headquartered in New York City and has 18 branches in other countries. The Institute is chartered by the State of New York as a not-for-profit educational corporation, the Association for Psychohistory, Inc., and for the past 35 years has published The Journal of Psychohistory, various books by The Psychohistory Press, and has been affiliated with the International Psychohistorical Association, which holds an annual convention. Its director is Lloyd deMause, whose work (see below for full texts) is used in most college courses in psychohistory. This website contains extensive material reproduced from The Journal of Psychohistory and from deMause's books: Foundations of Psychohistory, Reagan's America and The Emotional Life of Nations. It also contains addresses of Institute branches and links to the International Psychohistorical Association and other websites and discussion lists.

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The Journal of Psychohistory description and subscription information
"Branches of The Institute for Psychohistory"
View and download articles free from The Journal of Psychohistory:
  "The History of Child Abuse" by Lloyd deMause
  "The Political Consequences of Child Abuse" by Alice Miller
  "25-Year Subject Index to the Journal" by Lloyd deMause
  "The Universality of Incest" by Lloyd deMause
  "On Writing Childhood History" by Lloyd deMause
  "Childhood Nightmares and Dreams of Revenge" by Alenka Puhar
  "The Childhood Origins of the Holocaust" by Lloyd deMause
  "A Suicidal Embrace: War As Self-Punishment And Suicide" by Jerrold Atlas
 
Foundations of Psychohistory by Lloyd deMause:
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Reagan's America by Lloyd deMause:
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View complete chapters FREE from The Emotional Life of Nations by Lloyd deMause:

  "Preface"
  "The Assassination of Leaders"
  "The Gulf War as a Mental Disorder"
  "The Childhood Origins of Terrorism"
  "Restaging Early Traumas in War and Social Violence"
  "The Psychogenic Theory of History"
  "War as Righteous Rape and Purification"
  "Childhood and Cultural Evolution"
  "The Evolution of Childrearing"
  "The Evolution of the Psyche and Society"
PSYCHOHISTORY Discussion List
Lloyd deMause, psychohistorian
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