Auteur: Michael Walzer

In Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments in his influential Spheres of Justice, framing his ideas about justice, social criticism, and na …

Eventually every conqueror, every imperial power, every occupying army gets out. Why do they decide to leave? And how do political and military leaders manage withdrawal? Do they take with them those …

What role should religion play in shaping and implementing U.S. foreign policy?The dominant attitude over the last half century on the subject of religion and international relations was expressed we …

A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and ‘The Politics of Recognition, ‘ this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to pro …

Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jew …

A global journey showing how philosophy can transform our biggest disagreements Teaching Plato in Palestine is part intellectual travelogue, part plea for integrating philosophy into our personal and …

The demise of Communism has not only affected Eastern Europe but also the countries of the West where a far-reaching examination of political and economic systems has begun. This collection of essays …

Der Kommunitarismus sei ein sinnvolles Korrektiv liberaler Politiktheorie, wenn auch kein substantielles politisches Programm – so argumentierte Michael Walzer in seinem vielbeachteten Aufsatz über » …

Die wissenschaftliche Gerechtigkeitsdebatte, jahrelang dominiert von John Rawls’ »Theorie der Gerechtigkeit«, erhielt 1983 durch Michael Walzer eine bedeutende Wendung. In Abgrenzung von Rawls und an …

In Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments in his influential Spheres of Justice, framing his ideas about justice, social criticism, and na …

Liberalism is egalitarian in principle, but why doesn’t it do more to promote equality in practice? In this book, the distinguished political philosopher Michael Walzer offers a critique of liberal t …

Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics. Now, for the first time since his classic Just and Unjust Wars was published almost three decades ago, …

This book launches a landmark four-volume collaborative work exploring the political thought of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present. Each volume includes a selection of texts—fr …

What kinds of political arrangements enable people from different national, racial, religious, or ethnic groups to live together in peace? In this book one of the most influential political theorists …

A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the year …

Something that has been needed for decades: a leftist foreign policy with a clear moral basis Foreign policy, for leftists, used to be relatively simple. They were for the breakdown of capitalism and …

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In this eagerly awaited book, political theorist Michael Walzer reports his findings after decades of reading and thinking about the politics of the Hebrew Bible. Attentive to nuance while engagingly …

‘Razón, política y pasión’ lleva a cabo una crítica del liberalismo desde el interior del liberalismo mismo, pues, tal como indica su autor, parte del supuesto de que es necesaria una teoría que pued …

Michael Walzer is one of the pre-eminent political theorists in the world today and also a prominent public intellectual. His conception of social justice and his work on just and unjust wars have be …

Esta obra, junto con los títulos Nacionalismo: a favor y en contra, y Autodeterminación y secesión completa un estimulante enfoque sobre los nacionalismos. La pluralidad de este fenómeno merece ser e …

Assaltata dai sovranisti, minacciata dalle derive del capitalismo e continuamente messa in discussione, la democrazia attraversa oggi un grave momento di crisi. La distanza crescente tra cittadini e …

Gibt es einen gerechten Krieg und wie ließe er sich begründen? Fände sich eine Begründung, welches wären die Folgen? Unter diesen beiden Leitfragen beschäftigt sich Michael Walzer seit 30 Jahren mit …

Was bedeutet soziale und politische Gerechtigkeit? Wie können der Sozialstaat und die dazu nötigen Umverteilungen von Einkommen und Vermögen gerechtfertigt werden? Über diese Fragen wurde in den letz …

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war’s settlement and its aftermath? In cases of prot …