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A collection of essays exploring the methods and applications of the controversial new discipline of psychohistory discusses the use of psychoanalysis in historical study to contribute a more perceptive view of the past
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About the Author
Peter Loewenberg is professor of history and political psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a training and supervising analyst of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. He has published and lectured widely in America, Europe, China, and Israel.
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"[This book] is an important collection of essays on the controversial field of psychohistory by someone who has had full training, both hi history and psychoanalysis."
—Peter Gay
"[T]his is a serious and thoughtful book for anyone interested in the possibility of extending history's manner of understanding itself."
—David Weinberger, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Peter Loewenberg is the pre-eminent authority in the field of psychohistory. His excellently written essays provide readers with sophisticated and sensible psychohistory."
—John J. Fitzpatrick, Choice
"Loewenberg has brought not only the method but also the sensitivity and dispassion of the psychoanalyst to his study of the past. He has contributed significantly to historical understanding, and done good service for the movement he represents."
—Mark Silk, Boston Globe
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- PublisherUniv of California Pr
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0520052447
- ISBN 13 9780520052444
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages318
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