Azar Gat

Azar Gat (born 1959 in Haifa, Israel) is a researcher and author on military history . He was the Chair of the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University (1999-2003). [1] Professor Gat has a BA from the University of Haifa (1975-8), an MA from Tel Aviv University (1979-83), and his PhD from the University of Oxford (1984-6). He has been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in Germany (Freiburg), a Fulbright Fellow in the USA (Yale), a British Council Scholar in Britain (Oxford), and a Visiting Fellow at the Mershon Center , The Ohio State University . He is also a Major (res.) in the Israeli army . Professor Gat is known for taking an extremely wide view of warfare incorporating viewpoints from ethology , evolution , evolutionary psychology , anthropology , archaeology , history , historical sociology , and political science . An example is "The Human Motivational Complex: Evolutionary Theory And The Causes Of Hunter-Gatherer Fighting." [2] This paper is cited in "Evolutionary Psychology, Memes and the Origin of War".

Azar Gat (born 1959 in Haifa , Israel ) is a researcher and author on military history , military strategy and war and peace in general. Along with Steven Pinker and others, Gat argues that war is in decline in today's world. He is currently Ezer Weizman Professor of National Security and in his second term (first from 1999–2003) as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University . He is the founder and head of the University's Executive Masters Program in Diplomacy and Security. Gat is also a Major in the Israeli Army . Gat holds a doctoral degree from the University of Oxford (1984–86), an MA from Tel Aviv University (1979–83), and a BA from the University of Haifa (1975–78). Gat's War in Human Civilization , published in 2006 by the Oxford University Press , was named one of the best books of the year by The Times Literary Supplement . http://socsci.tau.ac.il/sec-dip/ http://socsci.tau.ac.il/sec-dip/people-21/gat-azar-prof

Israeli professor (b. 1959) Azar Gat (born 1959) is an Israeli researcher of war , nationalism and ideology , and a professor at the School of Political Science, Government, and International Relations at Tel Aviv University . His research combines expertise in the fields of history , evolution , anthropology , and social sciences . He is the author of ten books that deal with the history of military thought, the fundamental questions of war and its causes, the struggles between democratic and non-democratic states, nationalism, and the phenomenon of ideological fixation. His books have been translated into many languages. Gat has served as a visiting professor and researcher at the universities of Oxford , Yale , Stanford , Georgetown , Ohio State , Freiburg , Munich and Konstanz . He is a three-time winner of both the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and research grants from Israel Science Foundation (ISF). He has also won a Rothschild Fellowship , a Fulbright Fellowship , and a British Council Fellowship. Gat was a recipient of the EMET Prize for the year 2019, considered Israel’s premier scholarly award.

Israeli professor (b. 1959) Azar Gat ( Hebrew : עזר גת; born 1959) is an Israeli researcher of war , nationalism and ideology , and a professor at the School of Political Science, Government, and International Relations at Tel Aviv University . His research combines expertise in the fields of history , evolution , anthropology , and social sciences . He is the author of twelve books that deal with the history of military thought, the fundamental questions of war and its causes, the struggles between democratic and non-democratic states, nationalism, and the phenomenon of ideological fixation. His books have been translated into many languages. Gat has served as a visiting professor and researcher at the universities of Oxford , Yale , Stanford , Georgetown , Ohio State , Freiburg , Munich and Konstanz . He is a three-time winner of both the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and research grants from Israel Science Foundation (ISF). He has also won a Rothschild Fellowship , a Fulbright Fellowship , and a British Council Fellowship. Gat was a recipient of the EMET Prize for the year 2019, considered Israel's premier scholarly award.