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Psychohistory remains a controversial field of study, and deMause and other psychohistorians face criticism in the academic community.
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Psychohistory and field
Others have dismissed deMause's theories and motives arguing that the emphasis given by Psychohistory to speculation on the psychological motivations of people in history make it an undisciplined field of study.
Psychohistory and study
Psychohistory is the study of the psychological motivations of historical events.
The principal center for psychohistorical study is The Institute for Psychohistory founded by Lloyd deMause which has 19 branches around the globe and has for over 30 years published the The Journal of Psychohistory.
At the 67th science-fiction world convention in Montreal, Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate in Economics, mentioned Hari Seldon, a central character in Foundation who was a psychohistorian, as his inspiration to study Economics since it's the closest thing to Psychohistory, according to P. Krugman.
* Psychohistory, the real ( non-fictional ) study of the psychological motivation of groups in historical and current events
Psychohistory and deMause
* Lloyd deMause, founder of The Institute for Psychohistory.
Psychohistory and psychohistorians
Isaac Asimov's fictional science of " Psychohistory " in his Foundation series also faces with this dilemma ; Asimov even had one of his psychohistorians discuss the paradox.
Psychohistory and .
Psychohistory derives many of its concepts from areas that are perceived to be ignored by conventional historians as shaping factors of human history, in particular, the effects of childbirth, parenting practice, and child abuse.
Psychohistory holds that human societies can change between infanticidal and non-infanticidal practices and has coined the term " early infanticidal childrearing " to describe abuse and neglect observed by many anthropologists.
Psychohistory relies heavily on historical biography.
Some historians, social scientists and anthropologists have, however, argued that their disciplines already describe psychological motivation and that Psychohistory is not, therefore, a separate subject.
A psychogenic mode in Psychohistory is a type of mentality ( or psychoclass ) that results from, and is associated with, a particular childrearing style.
A black-and-white version of the chart appears in Foundations of Psychohistory.
Psychohistory uses a plurality of methodologies, and it is difficult to determine which is appropriate to use in each circumstance.
For examples of the more frivolous and distasteful sort of psychohistory, see The Journal of Psychohistory.
For more serious and scholarly attempts to understand the psychological dimension of the past, see The Psychohistory Review.
It publishes Psychohistory News and has a psychohistorical mail order lending library.
A course in Psychohistory has been taught at a four universities at the undergraduate level.
The Psychohistory Forum, which publishes the quarterly journal Clio ’ s Psyche, was founded in 1983 by historian and psychoanalyst Paul H. Elovitz.
* The Institute for Psychohistory.
Clio's Psyche and The Psychohistory Forum: Psychological and Historican Insight without jargon.
This was the reason for his causing the creation of Psychohistory and Gaia.
It later gained fame for housing Hari Seldon and his " Seldon Psychohistory Project.
Called forth to stand trial on Trantor for allegations of treason ( for foreshadowing the decline of the Galactic Empire ), Seldon explains that his science of Psychohistory foresees many alternatives, all of which result in the Galactic Empire eventually falling.
Psychohistory is based on group trends and cannot predict with sufficient accuracy the effects of extraordinary, unforeseeable individuals ; and, as originally presented, the Second Foundation's purpose was to counter this flaw.
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