Rudolph Binion
Rudolph Binion | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927 New York City, New York |
| Died | 2011 (aged 83–84) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author |
| Spouse | Elena Lagrange |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Brandeis University |
Rudolph Binion (1927–2011) was an American historian and author who taught at Brandeis University.
Early life and education
[edit]Binion was born in New York City in 1927 to an Austro-Hungarian father and an American mother; he had at least one sibling, a sister.[1]
He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in history from Columbia University in 1958.[1]
Career
[edit]Binion began his career history teaching at Rutgers University (1955–56), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956–59), and Columbia University (1963–67),[2] as well as serving in the United States Army. In 1967, he joined the faculty at Brandeis University, where he eventually served as the Leff Family Professor of Modern European History. Aside from spending a year at Collège de France as a visting scholar, Binion remained at Brandeis until his retirement.[1]
Awards and honours
[edit]Binion received the AHA Prize in European International History in 1960 for his work Defeated Leaders: The Political Fate of Cailleux, Jouvenel, and Tardieu.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He was married to Elena Lagrange.[1]
He died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts in May 2011, following a long illness.[1]
Publications
[edit]- Defeated Leaders: The Political Fate of Caillaux, Jouvenel, and Tardieu. Columbia University Press. 1960. ISBN 978-0-231-90816-0.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)[4] - Frau Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple. Princeton University Press. 1968. ISBN 978-0-691-06142-9.[5]
- Hitler Among the Germans. Elsevier. 1976. ISBN 978-0-444-99033-4.[6][7]
- Soundings: Psychohistorical and Psycholiterary. Psychohistory Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-914434-16-0.[8]
- Introduction à la Psychohistoire. Presses Universitaires de France. 1982. ISBN 978-2-13-037398-8.[9]
- After Christianity: Christian Survivals in Post-Christian Culture. Logbridge-Rhodes. 1986. ISBN 978-0-937406-42-7.[10]
- Love Beyond Death: The Anatomy of a Myth in the Arts. NYU Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-814-71189-7.[11]
- Sounding the Classics: From Sophocles to Thomas Mann. Contributions to the study of world literature (1st ed.). Westport, Conn. London: Praeger. 1997. ISBN 978-0-275-95965-4.[12]
- Past Impersonal: Group Process in Human History. Northern Illinois University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-87580-345-6.[13][14]
- Traumatic Reliving in History, Literature and Film. Karnac Books. 2011. ISBN 978-1-85575-743-1.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Filcman, Debra (May 25, 2011). "Pioneer of psychohistory, Rudolph Binion dies at 84". BrandeisNOW. Brandeis University. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
- ^ "Binion, Rudolph". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
- ^ "The George Louis Beer Prize". Minnesota State University. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
- ^ "Review of Defeated Leaders. The Political Fate of Caillaux, Jouvenel, and Tardieu". Der Staat (in German). 1 (2): 259–260. 1962. ISSN 0038-884X. JSTOR 43639241.
- ^ Hundert, E. J. (1972). Binion, Rudolph; Macalpine, Ida; Hunter, Richard; Rosen, George (eds.). "History, Psychology, and the Study of Deviant Behavior". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2 (4): 453–472. doi:10.2307/202316. ISSN 0022-1953. JSTOR 202316.
- ^ Cocks, Geoffrey (1977). "Review of Hitler among the Germans". The American Historical Review. 82 (4): 1009–1010. doi:10.2307/1865247. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1865247.
- ^ Fox, John P. (April 1, 1979). "Adolf Hitler: the Continuing Debate". International Affairs. 55 (2): 252–264. doi:10.2307/2616321. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 2616321.
- ^ Cairns, John C. (1983). "Review of Soundings, Psychohistorical and Psycholiterary; Foundations of Psychohistory". The Historian. 45 (4): 550–551. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24446327.
- ^ Strozier, Charles B. (1987). "Review of Introduction à la psychohistoire". The American Historical Review. 92 (5): 1176. doi:10.2307/1868492. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1868492.
- ^ Walker, Lawrence D. (1989). "Review of After Christianity: Christian Survivals in Post-Christian Culture". The American Historical Review. 94 (3): 703–704. doi:10.2307/1873760. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1873760.
- ^ Doran, Christine M. (1994). "Review of Love Beyond Death: The Anatomy of a Myth in the Arts". Religion & Literature. 26 (3): 91–92. ISSN 0888-3769. JSTOR 40059598.
- ^ deMause, Lloyd (Summer 1998). "Sounding the Classics: From Sophocles to Thomas Mann, by Rudolph Binion (Book Review)". The Journal of Psychohistory. 26 (1): 530. ProQuest 1305587351.
- ^ Sagan, Eli (2007). "The Recurring Universal and the Evolutionary Transformative". History and Theory. 46 (3): 458–467. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2303.2007.00421.x. ISSN 0018-2656. JSTOR 4502270.
- ^ Cohn, Samuel K. (2007). "Review of Past Impersonal: Group Process in Human History". The American Historical Review. 112 (4): 1131–1132. doi:10.1086/ahr.112.4.1131. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 40008451.
