Nachman Ben Yehuda

Nachman Ben-Yehuda (Hebrew: נחמן בן יהודה‎) is a professor and former dean of the department of sociology and anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.

He has investigated a wide range of fields including: the sociology of deviance, social control, moral panic, and religion and magic.

Recently Published

Theocratic Democracy: The Social Construction of Religious and Secular Extremism
Oxford University Press, 2010
Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance
Wiley-Blackwell, second edition 2009, with Erich Goode
Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts
University Of Chicago Press, 2008, edited with Philip L. Kohl and Mara Kozelsky
Sacrificing Truth
Humanity Books, 2002

Contributions

Civil Protest in Israel: Reflections of a Science Fiction Fan
September 16th, 2011
Problematic Rabbinical Ruling Continued
January 6th, 2011
Talking about Cordoba
September 28th, 2010

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