activerecord-3-skip_callbacks.rb

require 'active_support/basic_object'

ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do
  class WithoutCallbacks < ActiveSupport::BasicObject
    def initialize(target, types)
      @target = target
      @types  = types
    end
    
    def respond_to?(method, include_private = false)
      @target.respond_to?(method, include_private)
    end
    
    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
      @target.skip_callbacks(*@types) do
        @target.send(method, *args, &block)
      end
    end
  end
  
  class << self
    def without_callbacks(*types)
      WithoutCallbacks.new(self, types)
    end
    
    def skip_callbacks(*types)
      types = [:save, :create, :update, :destroy, :touch] if types.empty?
      deactivate_callbacks(types)
      yield.tap do
        activate_callbacks(types)
      end
    end
    
    def deactivate_callbacks(types)
      types.each do |type|
        name = :"_run_#{type}_callbacks"
        alias_method(:"_deactivated_#{name}", name)
        define_method(name) { |&block| block.call }
      end
    end
    
    def activate_callbacks(types)
      types.each do |type|
        name = :"_run_#{type}_callbacks"
        alias_method(name, :"_deactivated_#{name}")
        undef_method(:"_deactivated_#{name}")
      end
    end
  end
end

How about rails 4?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/39912320/1488217