Robert Zaretsky

Robert Zaretsky is a professor of history at the University of Houston’s Honors College and the author of a forthcoming book on Simone Weil.

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Make America Existentialist Again

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Robert Zaretsky

August 20, 2019, 4:12 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron applauds France's Thibaut Pinot winning on the finish line of the fourteenth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Tarbes and Tourmalet Bareges, in Tourmalet Bareges on July 20, 2019.

The Tour de France Is a Tour of Macron’s Problems

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Robert Zaretsky

July 25, 2019, 3:57 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron during the first day of the European Union summit meeting in Brussels on June 20.

Emmanuel Macron, Part Deux

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Robert Zaretsky

June 26, 2019, 11:57 AM

Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press as he leaves after a European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on May 28.

France Lives in Macron’s World Now

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Robert Zaretsky

May 28, 2019, 6:06 PM

Franz Kafka and the Kafkaesque Robert Mueller.

Kafka Would Impeach Trump

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Robert Zaretsky

April 25, 2019, 4:05 PM

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