| Born: 1950, Israel |
Academic Qualifications:Ph.D. , 1992, New School for Social Research NY, Sociology
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Academic Positions:
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Research Interests:
Sociology of politics. culture and knowledge. sociological theory, sociology of globalization and the interface among these sub-fields. |
Research Projects:
Applying the sociology of politics, culture and knowledge to Israel, in an attempt to understand local responses to global challenges.The transformation of Israeli collective identity and constitutional citizenship since the 1970s.The 1990s` transformation of Israel from a relatively homogenous national traitional/modern state into a more diversified and/or pluralistic modern/post-modern state.Investigation of theocial changes,political trajectories and cultural manifestations related to these processes in various instances, such as collective-memory, sociography, historiography, consumerism and electoral campaigns. |
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Books:- Uri Ram, The Time of the ''Post'': Nationalism and the Politics of Knowledge in Israel , 280, Resling, 2008
- Uri Ram, The Globalization of Israel:Mc''World in Tel Aviv, Jihad in Jerusalem, 260, Routledge, 2007
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Edited Collections:- Uri Ram & Niza Berowitz, In/Equality, Bialik Institute and Ben Gurion University Press, 2008
- Dani Filc and Uri Ram, Power and Property: Isrsael in the Global Age, Hakibutz HaMeuchad and Van Leer Institute, 2006
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| Keywords:Politics, Culture, Knowledge, Sociological Theory, Israel, Globalization, Collective Identity, Constitutional Citizenship, Nationalism, Modernity, Post-modernity, Collective-memory, Historiography. |
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Phones:
- Phone: 972-8-6472860
- Fax: 972-8-6472932
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