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Israeli Sociology

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Uri Ram

    1. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

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  • Provides the first complete history of sociology in Israel up to the present day
  • Sheds new light on the impact of the Palestine-Israel conflict on the country's intellectual life
  • Represents a significant addition to the ground-breaking Sociology Transformed series
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Sociology Transformed (SOTR)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Sociology and the Nation (1882–2018)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 1-9

  3. Predecessors: Sociology Before Sociology (1882–1948)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 11-27

  4. Founders: Nation Building Modernized (1948–1967)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 29-43

  5. Disciples: Nation Building Modified (1967–1996)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 45-60

  6. Critics: Political Elites and Ethnoclasses (1977–1987)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 61-76

  7. More Critics: Pluralism, Feminism, and Colonialism (1977–1993)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 77-91

  8. Intermediators: The Sociology of Cleavages (1987–2018)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 93-103

  9. Postmodernists: Confronting Neoliberalism (1993–2018)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 105-124

  10. Postcolonials: Confronting Neocolonialism (1993–2018)

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 125-145

  11. The State of Sociology: Some Contemporary Concerns

    • Uri Ram
    Pages 147-159

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 161-173
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About this book

This book presents a comprehensive historical account of sociology in Israel the first history of sociology in Israel, from its beginnings in late 19th-century to the early 21st-century. It locates the ruptures and reorientations of the sociological text within its shifting historical context. Israeli sociology is shown to have evolved in tandem with the development of the Israeli-Jewish nation in Palestine, and later of the state of Israel. Offering a critical overview of the origins and the development of the discipline, it argues that this can be divided into the following phases: Predecessors (1882-1948), Founders (1948-1977), Disciples (1967-1977), Critics and More Critics (1977-1987), Intermediators (1977-2018), Post-Modernists (1993-2018) and Post-Colonialists (1993-2018).


This book contributes a fascinating national case study to the history of sociology and will appeal further to students and scholars of social theory and Israel Studies.




Reviews

“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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

    Uri Ram

About the author

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.



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