Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D.

Aaron Ben-Zeév is President and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa. His books include: In the Name of Love: Romantic Ideology and its Victims (with R. Goussinsky); Love Online: Emotions on the Internet; The Subtlety of Emotions.

Aaron Ben-Zeév is President and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa.

His research focuses on theoretical issues concerning the emotions, as well as the study of particular emotions. His major books are, The Subtlety of Emotions (MIT, 2000), Love Online: Emotions on the Internet (Cambridge UP, 2004), and In The Name of Love: Romantic ideology and its victims (With R. Goussinsky, Oxford UP, 2008); The Perceptual System (Peter Lang, 1993)

Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, Professor of Philosophy, is the President of the University of Haifa (since 2004). He received his B.A. in Philosophy and Economics (1975) and his M.A. in Philosophy (1977) from the University of Haifa, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1981).

At the University of Haifa, Professor Ben-Ze’ev held several positions in academic administration prior to his election as President, including Rector, Dean of Research, Chairperson of the Philosophy Department, Head of the University of Haifa Press and Head of the Academic Channel.

Professor Ben-Ze'ev is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the study of emotions, and he set up the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Emotions at the University. His research focuses on the philosophy of psychology, and especially the study of emotions. Most recently, his research has centered on love.

 His PT blog is In the Name of Love.