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David Elliot Loye

デイヴィッド・エリオット・ロイ

David Elliot Loye

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-04-26 （Palo Alto, California, U.S.）
Died
2022-01-25 （Carmel, California, U.S.） age 96
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Palo Alto, California → Oklahoma City (worked) → Princeton, New Jersey → Los Angeles, California → Carmel, California

Career

Occupations
psychologist, author, evolutionary systems scientist, editor
Active Years
1945-2022
Affiliations
Educational Testing Service (ETS), Princeton University (short-term), UCLA School of Medicine (Research Director), General Evolution Research Group (co-founder), World Futures (book review editor / editorial board member)
Memberships
General Evolution Research Group, World Futures (editorial board)
Influenced By
Robert Frost, Ervin Laszlo
Influenced
Riane Eisler (collaborator / mutual influence)

Education

Dartmouth College
Writing and Psychology
Degree: BA
Period: 1940年代
Year of Graduation: 1949
Country: United States
Studied writing and psychology; influenced by poetry classes with Robert Frost.
The New School
Psychology
Degree: MA, PhD in Psychology
Period: 1960年代–1970年
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: United States
Earned master's degree and doctorate in psychology.

Awards

Anisfield-Wolfe Book Award
1972
Work: The Healing of a Nation
Organization: Anisfield-Wolfe Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Moral Pioneering Award
1993
Organization: Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences
Result: 受賞
Award by the Foundation for Ethics and Meaning
2000
Organization: Foundation for Ethics and Meaning
Result: 受賞（献身への表彰）
Honorary Doctorate
2008
Organization: Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
Result: 授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Healing of a Nation

1971 Social science / Nonfiction

A study of the history and remedies for the 'sickness' of racism in America. Awarded the Anisfield-Wolfe Book Award.

race relationssocial healinghistory

Darwin's Lost Theory

2007 History of science / Evolutionary thought

Re-evaluates Charles Darwin's case for moral evolution and emphasizes the importance of morality and cooperation in evolutionary processes, challenging standard 'selfish gene' interpretations.

moral evolutioncooperationreinterpreting evolutionary theory

The Leadership Passion: A Psychology of Ideology

1977 Psychology / Political ideology

Psychological analysis of ideology and leadership.

ideologyleadershippsychology

Bibliography

  • The Healing of a Nation (1971)
  • The Leadership Passion: A Psychology of Ideology (1977)
  • The Knowable Future: A Psychology of Forecasting and Prophecy (1978)
  • The Sphinx and the Rainbow: Brain, Mind and Future Vision (1983)
  • The Evolutionary Outrider: The Impact of the Human Agent on Evolution (ed., 1998)
  • The Partnership Way (with Riane Eisler, 1990)
  • An Arrow Through Chaos: How We See Into the Future (2000)
  • Darwin's Lost Theory: Who We Really Are and Where We're Going (2007; updated 2010)
  • Darwin's Second Revolution (2010)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
interdisciplinary, essayistic expositionhumanistic inquiry grounded in scientific evidence
Recurring Motifs
moral evolutioncooperation and partnershipforesight and decision-making

Legacy

David Loye is known for interdisciplinary work linking the humanities and evolutionary theory, notably re-evaluating Darwin's moral evolution and arguing for the importance of cooperation in society. His awards, institutional contributions, and editorial work left an impact on social and humanistic sciences.

Academic Societies

  • Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences

Quotes

  • "Everyone concerned with our understanding of evolution on this planet owes Loye a deep debt of gratitude... he has brought his unique erudition to an enormous and critical task."
    Source: Praise by Ervin Laszlo regarding Darwin's Lost Theory (quoted)

Trivia

  • Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, working under writer Walter Karig.
  • Studied poetry with Robert Frost at Dartmouth and was deeply influenced.
  • Married to author Riane Eisler and collaborated on research.
  • Won an Anisfield-Wolfe Book Award for The Healing of a Nation.