Shlomo Avineri

Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Served as Director-General of Israel's Foreign Ministry (1975–1977) and held visiting positions at, among others, Yale, University of California, Oxford and the Central European University in Budapest. Mr. Avineri is a recipient of the Israel Prize, the country's highest civilian decoration. His widely translated 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” and “Herzl: An Intellectual Biography”. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University and the London School of Economics.