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Eli Zaretsky is a Full-time Professor of History at The New School for Social Research, part of The New School. He has taught at Lang College since 1999, focusing on 20th-century cultural history, capitalism's sociocultural dimensions, and family history. His influential works include Political Freud (2015) and Why America Needs a Left (2012), alongside edited volumes like The Polish Peasant in Europe and America.
He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland (1978). His research bridges psychoanalytic theory with historical analysis, exploring themes like Freudian legacies, cultural modernity, and political economy. Recent scholarship examines the interplay between psychoanalysis and capitalism, as well as the role of memory in ideological frameworks.
Zaretsky has been honored with the Robert J. Stoller Foundation Award (1995), and held fellowships at the Australian National University and Vienna's Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen. His pedagogical contributions include courses on imperialism, modern German history, and independent research supervision.
His writings frequently engage with contemporary political issues, appearing in venues like London Review of Books and Public Seminar. Key themes in his work include the critique of neoliberalism, the evolution of left-wing thought, and the cultural dimensions of psychological concepts.
