Israeli Sociology

Uri Ram is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the Department Chair and the President of the Israeli Sociological Society. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the New School for Social Research in New York and is a frequent visiting professor at the NSSR and at New York University. His areas of interest include the sociology of knowledge, sociological theories, nationalism and globalization, and Israeli society. He is a major contributor to the renewal of critical sociology in Israel, to the analysis post- and neo-Zionist trends in Israeli political culture, and to the “glocal” perspective on Israel.

• Chapter 1: The State and Sociology: Sociological Text in National Context.- Chapter 2: Predecessors: Sociology before Sociology (1882-1948).- Chapter 3: Founders: Nation-Building Modernized (1948-1967).- Chapter 4: Disciples: Nation-Building Modified (1967-1996).- Chapter 5: Critics:  Political Elites and Ethno-Classes (1977-1987).- Chapter 6: More Critics: Pluralism, Feminism and Colonialism (1977-1987); Chapter 8: Postmodernists: Confronting Neo-Liberalism (1993-2018).- Chapter 9: Post-Colonialists: Confronting Neo-Colonialism (1993-2018).- 10: The State of Sociology: Some Contemporary Concerns.

“This book will be of lasting interest to students of Israeli society and to scholars who wish to understand the history of sociology and especially the emergence of national traditions within a putatively universalistic discipline.” (Yossi Harpaz, Israel Studies Review, Vol. 33 (3), 2018)