Kronos (journal)

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Kronos: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Synthesis published articles on a wide range of subjects as diverse as ancient history, catastrophism and mythology. It ran 44 issues from the Spring of 1975 to the Spring of 1988. The title is an homage to the Greek name for the Roman god Saturn whose planetary namesake Velikovsky believed Earth once orbited as a satellite. The Journal was not only influenced by the work of Immanuel Velikovsky,^[1] it was "founded, with no apologies, to deal with Velikovsky's work"; ^[2] but as noted by then Professor of Social Theory Alfred de Grazia at New York University, and co-author of The Velikovsky Affair, "This is not to say that the directors of Kronos were uncritical"^[3]. The journal was published by Kronos Press, a division of Cosmos and Chronos (a US-registered 501(c) organization). It's subscription list grew to about 1500 people from 10 countries.^[4] Actually, in 1980 the United States and Canada accounted for 93% of circulation with the balance in 20 foreign countries.^[5]

Contents 1 Notable issues 2 History 3 Staff and advisers 4 Typical editorial and staff list 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Notable issues

The two most notable issues of Kronos were also published as books:

• Velikovsky and Establishment Science (Kronos Vol. III, No. 2 Winter 1977), ISBN: 0-917994-03-5
• Scientists Confront Scientists Who Confront Velikovsky (Kronos Vol. IV, No. 2 Winter 1978), ISBN: 0-917994-06-X

Both issues concern the criticism of Velikovsky by scientists at the 1974 AAAS meeting in San Francisco (Mon Feb 25, 1974) in a session "Velikovsky's Challenge to Science"^[6], whose papers were subsequently published in the book Scientists Confront Velikovsky (1977)^[7] (with exception of the papers from Velikovsky himself and Irving Michelson, and additional papers by the editor, Goldsmith, Isaac Asimov and David Morrison).

[edit] History

Kronos was founded in October 1974, by (1) then Associate Professor of Art History Lewis M. Greenberg of the Moore College of Art (Philadelphia), whose title was Editor-in-Chief, (2) with financing, production, and management being coordinated by then Associate Professor of Religion Warner B. Sizemore at Glassboro State College as Executive Editor, and (3) by then Professor of History Robert H. Hewsen at Glassboro State College as the first Senior Editor who was also Director of the Center for Velikovskian and Interdisciplinary Studies at Glassboro State College.^[8] With the completion of volume XII in May 1988, the Editor-in-Chief announced "KRONOS will go on hiatus with the expectation that a publication schedule can be resumed some time in 1990."^[9] The hiatus became permanent with Greenberg later affiliating in various editorial capacities with AEON and The Velikovskian while continuing to manage KRONOS Press with its short list of monographs.

[edit] Staff and advisers

In his noted book Beyond Velikovsky, Henry H. Bauer commented on a number of pro-Velikovskian journals, including Kronos, and notes that:

"Contributors to these journals range from orthodox specialists who expound some aspect of their specialty, at times in criticism of Velikovskian ideas, through established specialists who keep an open mind about various aspects of Velikovsky's scenario, to the real aficionados. There are people with impeccable credentials here; see, for example, the staff of Kronos, which was listed together with professional identifications in each issue of the first five volumes of that journal: anthropologists, philosophers, physicists, psychologists, and others holding responsible positions in and outside academia."^[4]

[edit] Typical editorial and staff list

From Kronos Vol.III No. 2 (Nov 1977)

[edit] See also

• Pensée (Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Kronos Press (Publisher official Web site)