ABSTRACT
The academic discipline of anthropology has been far more open to psychoanalysis than history or psychology, although few anthropologists have been affiliated with psychohistory. Holocaust survivors, their children, and those who have written about them appear to be quite open to a psychohistorical approach. Indeed, many of them have become psychoanalysts or other types of clinicians. Popularizers of psychoanalysis became strong advocates of psychohistory. Lucy Freeman was a pioneer female New York Times reporter and author of over seventy books who played an important role as a popularizer of psychoanalysis and mental health issues, heralding their benefits to a very large number of Americans. The Society for Personology has provided valuable support for others, James W. Anderson, editor of the Annual of Psychoanalysis and a member of the Editorial Board of Clio’s Psyche, as they practice their craft. Psychohistory may be centered in the US, but it is in fact a worldwide movement.
