psychohistory

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The scientific study of psychology and motivation in history
Psychohistory is the study of the psychological motivations of historical events. It 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. This field of study is considered by some to have significant differences from the mainstream fields of history and psychology
psychohistory

    Hyphenation

    psy·cho·his·to·ry

    Etymology

    () Coined circa 1950 by Isaac Asimov in the stories collected as the novel Foundation, but first used academically by psychologist Erik Erikson in his 1958 book Young Man Luther as psycho-history.
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