An Invitation to Write on Psychological Dimensions of the Current Political
Crisis in Washington
     Dear Colleagues,
     Half of the next issue of  the quarterly "Clio's Psyche: Understanding
the Why of Culture, Current Events, History, and Society," will be devoted to the
current political crisis in Washington and I would like to invite you and your
colleagues to consider writing for our publication.  We are looking for
articles from 300 to 1500 words in length on some aspect of this crisis.They
are to be written in non technical language, without footnotes, and submitted
to us on e-mail by OCTOBER 15th together with biographical information on the
author.  SOME TOPICS which come to mind for this issue are as follows:
   The Starr Report , Impeachment,  The Psychobiography of Kenneth Starr
   Clinton and Nixon in Crisis: A Comparison
   The Relationship Between this Crisis and the Stock Market
   The Internet and 24 Hour News Coverage as Vehicles of Mass Hysterias
   Clinton as Repentant,  Clinton as Risk Taker
   The Psychology of Sin and Repentance,  The Psychology of Accusation
   The Emotions of Moral Superiority
   The Language of Addiction in Dealing with Clinton's Compulsive
           Relationship to Food, Politics, and Sex
   Is Clinton Still the "Come Back Kid?"
   Laughing at the President: Interpreting the Jokes About the Presidency,
           Starr,  and Lewinski
   Clinton and Dick Morris
   Interpreting the Rhetoric of Non-partisanship and the Reality of Political
            Advantage
   The Role of Disclaimed Action and Splitting in This Scandal
   The Psycholgy of Politics by Media, Polls, and Legalize
   "I Feel Your", His, and My "Pain": Clinton and the Emotions
   Voyeuristic Pleasure and Public Life
   Politics as the National Soap Opera
   Betrayal by and of the President: Stephanoupolis, Myers, and Other FOB
   Dissembling, Lying, and Perjury
   Legalizing Life: Extension of the Courts into the Oval Office and Politics
   Why  the Congressional Democrats Feel Betrayed and May Abandon the
            President?
   Is This a Modern Purity Campaign?
   Monica's Psychodynamics
   Why Clinton Retains Such a High Level of Afro-American Support
   Anatomy of a Clinton Hater
   What Clinton Unconsciously Wanted From Lewinski
   The Strange "Friendship" of Monica Lewinski and Linda Tripp
   The President's Blood and DNA
   Trust and Betrayal in Politics, Sex and Politics
   House and Senate Impeachment Committees
   From Star Chamber to Starr Report: Historical Comparisons
   The Loss of Privacy in the White House and Modern Life
   The Light "Totem and Taboo" Sheds on This Crisis
   Domestic Narcissism and Foreign Policy in the Post Cold War World
   The Impact of This Scandal on the Presidency
   Comparing French And American Views of this Crisis
   Views From Abroad [These may be very short and may include newspaper reports]
   Reviews of New Books relevant to the Clinton, Starr, and the Crisis

         Topics must be psychological in their interpretations without using
technical language.  Please e-mail the completed article, with your biography,
or if you have any questions.  Incidentally, the other half of the issue is
devoted to the relationship of academia and psychoanalysis/ psychohistory.
Articles will be referreed.  Articles arriving too late for this issue, may be
used in the next one since we will publish extensively on this issue for as
long as impeachment remains a pressing question.  Some aritlcles which are
already written, but not yet referreed  are:  "JFK and Clinton in Crises: A
Comparison," "The Clinton-Starr Show,"  "This Crisis and Modern Culture," "The
Talliban of the Beltway," and "The Sacrifice of a President."   If you want to
read the articles written about this crisis and much else by subscribing to
this quarterly, send a check for $25.00 a year in the US and Canada, $29.00
elsewhere, or $40.00 for institutional subscriptions to the address below.
   Sincerely yours,
   Paul H. Elovitz

Paul Elovitz is Editor, "Clio's Psyche" and Co-Director with Herbert Barry of
the Research Group on the Personality and Childhood of Presidents of the
Psychohistory Forum.   Professor Elovitz, an historian and psychotherapist, is
a founding faculty member at Ramapo College who previously taught at Temple,
Rutgers, and Fairleigh Dickinson universities.  Professor Barry, a prolific author,
is a psychologist who has taught for over 30 years at the University of Pittsburgh
after training at Yale and Harvard.
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