In Decoding the Past, Peter Loewenberg has collected eleven of
his brilliant essays on psychohistory, a discipline that has
emerged from the synthesis of traditional historical analysis and
clinical psychoanalysis. He surveys this relatively new field--its
methods and its problems--to show the special contributions that
psychoanalysis can make to history. He then further explores the
psychohistorical method by applying it to studies of personality,
cultures, groups, and mass movements, demonstrating that
psychohistory offers one of the most powerful of interpretive
approaches to history.
Decoding the Past is an impressive study that demonstrates the
range of Loewenberg's own work in history and psychoanalysis and
the full promise of an important and innovative methodology for
others. His new essay takes up many of the criticisms and concerns
raised about the method of psychohistory, and offers a cogent
defense for its continued usage.
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