[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Psychohistory"

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Logic
by Dr Christop Sigwart
1895

page 479-480

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Logic/ThlVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=psycho-history&pg=PA479&printsec=frontcover

"The most important form of heredity to which we can point
on the psycho-historical sphere is tradition ... "


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The Listener February 13 1929

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Listener/fJ_rUDizwloC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22psycho-history%22&dq=%22psycho-history%22&printsec=frontcover

There is of course a certain utilitarian view in history
apart from psycho-history.





------ Original Message ------
From "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 18/07/2024 22:49:49
Subject Further Antedating of "Psychohistory"

>Psychohistory (OED 1934)
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>1929 _Pasadena Post_ 27 Apr. 14/4 (Newspapers.com)
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>The newer forms of psycho-history and biography today seem to be superseding the usually meager modern novel in the affections of the more discerning class of readers.
>
>Fred Shapiro
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