The Institute for Psychohistory

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New York, NY 10024-2605
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email: psychhst@tiac.net
www.psychohistory.com

Psychohistory, the science of historical motivation, 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 28 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.

THE IRAQI QUAGMIRE
A special issue of The Journal of Psychohistory on "The Iraqi Quagmire" — with articles on "Making Iraq Into A Baby", "What's Coming In The Iraqi Quagmire", and "The Future Of American Pre-Emptive Wars" — is available by subscribing now at the half-price rate of $27.00 for one year. Just email your postal address to psychhst@tiac.net and this issue will be mailed to you along with an invoice.

Chapters from The Emotional Life of Nations by Lloyd deMause: