Psychohistory, as a science, will always be problem-centered, while history will always remain period-centered. They are simply two different tasks. (Lloyd deMause)

Psychohistory, as a science, will always be problem-centered, while history will always remain period-centered. They are simply two different tasks.

Lloyd deMause

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