Ofir Haivry

Ofir Haivry is Shalem’s Director of Studies and an Associate Fellow.

He has a Ph.D. in History from University College of London (UCL) and is the Founding Editor of Azure, a quarterly journal of Jewish ideas. Ofir is also the Founding Editor of Shalem Press’ Leviathan series of translations into Hebrew of classics from the western philosophical tradition.

He is a member of the Council for Higher Education (CHE), Israel’s supreme academic supervising body. He also serves as a member of the official committee overseeing the implementation of centers of academic excellence within Israel’s university system.

Ofir is also a member of the Steering Committee of TAMAR (Prime Minister’s Office), a project for the restoration and empowerment of Israel’s National Heritage Infrastructure.

Bibliography

Books

Introduction and editing--F. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 1997) [hebrew]

Introduction - A. De Tocqueville, Democracy in America (Shalem Press, 2009) [hebrew]

Introduction - R. Filmer, Patriarcha (Shalem Press, 2010) [hebrew]

Select Publications

“John Selden and the early modern debate over the foundations of political order,” Proceedings of the 2010 Paris International Conference on John Selden (Paris: Paris University Press, Forthcoming)

"Common Values for All", Yediot Ahronot (September 2009)

"The Knesset Divided Against Itself", Azure 8 (Autumn 1999)

"Everything is Personal", Azure 7 (Spring 1999)

"The First Israelis", Azure 6 (Winter 1999)

"Who's Afraid of the Nation-State", Azure 5 (Autumn 1998)

"The Way of the World", Azure 5 (Autumn 1998)

"Tony Blair and Other Tory Notions", Azure 3 (Winter 1998)

"The New Prince", Azure 2 (Summer 1997)

"Act and Comprehend", Azure 1 (Summer 1996)

Courses Taught

Edmund's Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France

Foundations of Modern Political Thought

Alexis de Toqueville's Democracy in America

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