Eli Zaretsky Professor of History, New School for Social Research (New York) Resident at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: January‒June and October‒December 2013 Research topic at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: »The General Crisis of the Twentieth Century« Project outline: I plan to work on the crisis of the 1930s during my stay here. I am interested in both the international aspects and the financial/economic crisis, and in their relations. Philosophically, I want to focus on the reinterpretation of liberalism that occurred in that period. Among the aspects that concern me are 1) how were the limits to the economic sphere defined? 2) what role was played by the ideas of risk and security and 3) how was the relation between the public and the private understood? ‒ I hope to continue my work on the history of psychoanalysis as well. (Eli Zaretsky) Research partner: Eli Zaretsky follows the invitation of Rainer Forst (Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at Frankfurt University). His stay is funded with research funds from the Gerda and Alfons Kassel Foundation. Scholarly profile of Eli ZaretskyMain areas of research: Modern cultural history (Europe and USA); the history of psychology and psychoanalysis; the history of the family; the theory and history of capitalismSelected publications:
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