Shlomo Avineri

Shlomo Avineri is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, director of the Institute for the European Studies and former director-general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He held visiting appointments at many universities, including Yale, University of California, Australian National University, Central European University and Oxford University. In 1996 he received the Israel Prize, the country's highest civilian decoration. His books include: The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx, Hegel's Theory of the Modern State, Israel and the Palestinians, The Making of Modern Zionism, Moses Hess: Prophet of Communism and Zionism, and Communitarianism and Individualism.