Eli Zaretsky
Eli Zaretsky is a professor of history at the New School for Social Research. His previous works include Why America Needs a Left: A Historical Argument; Secrets of the Soul: A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis; and Capitalism, the Family, and Personal Life.
Secrets of the Soul - A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis
Traces the origins and development of psychoanalysis, from the Enlightenment through the twentieth century, in social, economic, and cultural perspectives. (more)
Secrets of the Soul: A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis
The fledgling science of psychoanalysis permanently altered the nineteenth-century worldview with its remarkable new insights into human behavior and motivation. It quickly became a benchmark for... (more)
Psychotherapy Essentials to Go: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression
Rigorously field-tested by on-the-ground clinicians, this guidebook provides an easy-to-use, evidence-based summary of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to treat depression. CBT is a standard method... (more)
Political Freud: A History
In this masterful psychological-intellectual history, Eli Zaretsky shows Freudianism to be something more than a method of psychotherapy. When considered alongside the major struggles of the... (more)
Political Freud: A History
In this masterful history, Eli Zaretsky reveals the power of Freudian thought to illuminate the great political conflicts of the twentieth century. Developing an original concept of political... (more)