John Ehrenberg is Senior Professor of Political Science Emeritus and former Chair of the Political Science Department at Long Island University. Professor Ehrenberg has devoted a lifetime to research and writing on political ideologies and the history of political thought. His works have been translated into languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Egyptian, while he has also been the recipient of many awards, including the Alfred McCoy Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Political Science Association's Caucus for a New Political Science. Some of his previous works include Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea , Israel and Palestine: Alternate Perspectives on Statehood (co-edited with Yoav Peled), The Iraq Papers (edited with J. Patrice McSherry, José Ramón Sánchez, and Caroleen Marji Sayej), and Servants of Wealth: The Right's Assault on Equality.