Gil Eyal's work deals with sociology of intellectuals and knowledge, in particular as it relates to broader political processes. In two previous books he has dealt with the transition from socialism to capitalism in Eastern Europe, and the role played by intellectuals, technocrats and in particular economists in the process. (together with Ivan Szelenyi and Eleanor Townsley) Making Capitalism without Capitalists. (London: Verso, 1998); The Origins of Post-Communist Elites: From the Prague Spring to the Breakup of Czechoslovakia. (Forthcoming in 2003 in University of Minnesota Press). Currently he is working on a book about Israeli Orientalism and Middle Eastern studies, and their ties to the government and the military

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