Bruce Mazlish (1923–2016)

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February 01 2017 Bruce Mazlish (1923–2016) Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1530-9169 Print Issn: 0022-1953 © 2017 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc.2017MIT Press The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2017) 47 (4): vii. https://doi.org/10.1162/JINH_e_01085 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Bruce Mazlish (1923–2016). The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 2017; 47 (4): vii. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/JINH_e_01085 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History Search Advanced Search We at the JIH mourn the loss of our long-time colleague, fellow editor, and loyal supporter. Bruce Mazlish was involved at the beginning, encouraging the establishment of the JIH and giving its founding and its early years his full backing. Subsequently, over many decades, he contributed to the JIH’s reach and strength by reviewing submissions and books, and from time-to-time by nudging the editors to acknowledge new kinds of interdisciplinary pursuits or to innovate boldly in areas such as psychohistory. Major obituaries in the New York Times and the Boston Globe focused on Mazlish’s psychobiographical writings, especially his published critique in 1972 of President Nixon (whom Mazlish loathed). He also wrote psychoanalytically informed profiles of Henry Kissinger, President Carter, and President Mao. But Mazlish was much more than a psychobiographer, having written extensively on intellectual history (and having been on the editorial board of History and Theory). His first... You do not currently have access to this content.