Michael Walzer
Born 3 March 1935
Michael Laban Walzer (born on March 3, 1935) is a prominent American political theorist and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor emeritus of Dissent, an intellectual magazine that he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at Brandeis University. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics—many in political ethics—including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, Zionism, economic justice, social criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation. He is also a contributing editor to The New Republic. To date, he has written 27 books and published over 300 articles, essays, and book reviews in Dissent, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harpers, and many philosophical and political science journals.
Source: Michael Walzer on Wikipedia.
Quotes
“Disobedience, when it is not criminally but morally, religiously, or politically motivated, is almost always a collective act, and it is justified by the values of the collectivity and the mutual engagements of its members.”
p. 163 “The state is invisible...(it) needs to be symbolised before it can be loved.”
A 1967 paper
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Books by Michael Walzer in order
Books by Michael Walzer in the order they were published, from The Revolution of the Saints (1962) to Struggle for a Decent Politics (2023).
- 1The Revolution of the Saints
The Revolution of the Saints1962 - 2Obligations
Obligations1970 - 3Political Action
Political Action1971 - 4Regicide and Revolution; Speeches at the Trial of Louis XVI
Regicide and Revolution; Speeches at the Trial of Louis XVI1974 - 5Just and Unjust Wars
Just and Unjust Wars1977 - 6Radical Principles
Radical Principles1980 - 7The Politics of Ethnicity
The Politics of Ethnicity1982 - 8Spheres of Justice
Spheres of Justice1983 - 9Exodus and Revolution
Exodus and Revolution1985 - 10Interpretation and Social Criticism
Interpretation and Social Criticism1987 - 11What It Means to Be an American
What It Means to Be an American1992 - 12Thick and Thin
Thick and Thin1994 - 13Toward a Global Civil SocietyToward a Global Civil Society1995
- 14On Toleration
On Toleration1997 - 15Sulla Tolleranza (Economica Laterza, 207)Sulla Tolleranza (Economica Laterza, 207)2000
- 16The Jewish Political Tradition
The Jewish Political Tradition2000 - 17Arguing About War
Arguing About War2004 - 18Politics and Passion
Politics and Passion2004 - 19Thinking Politically
Thinking Politically2007 - 20In God's Shadow
In God's Shadow2012 - 21The Paradox of Liberation
The Paradox of Liberation2015 - 22A Foreign Policy for the LeftA Foreign Policy for the Left2018
- 23Struggle for a Decent Politics
Struggle for a Decent Politics2023 - 24Argument About Humanitarian InterventionArgument About Humanitarian Intervention