Eyal Ben-Ari

Eyal Ben-Ari is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has carried out research in Japan, Israel, and Singapore on white collar communities, early childhood education, business expatriates, the Israeli and Japanese militaries and peacekeeping forces. His previous publications include Body Projects in Japanese Childcare (1997), Mastering Soldiers (1998), Rethinking the Sociology of Combat: Israel's Combat Units in the Al-Aqsa Intifada (with Zev Lehrer, Uzi Ben Shalom-, and Ariel Vainer) (2008). Among his recent edited books are The Military and Militarism in Israeli Society (with Edna Lomsky-Feder) (2000), War, Politics and Society in Israel (with Daniel Maman and Zeev Rosenhek) (2001), and Echoes of Partition (with Smita Jassal) 2006).