Michael Walzer





Michael Walzer

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born
March 03, 1935

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Isiah Berlin, Albert Camus


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Michael Walzer is a Jewish American political philosopher and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor of the political-intellectual quarterly Dissent. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics, including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, economic justice, social criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation and is 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, and many scholarly journals


Average rating: 3.69 · 1,046 ratings · 94 reviews · 49 distinct works
Just And Unjust Wars: A Mor...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions
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Spheres Of Justice: A Defen...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 101 ratings3 editions
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Arguing About War
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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On Toleration
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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Exodus And Revolutio
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 32 ratings4 editions
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Thick and Thin: Moral Argum...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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Politics and Passion: Towar...
2.93 of 5 stars 2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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The Company Of Critics: Soc...
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions
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The Revolution of the Saint...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions
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Interpretation and Social C...
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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