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Michael Walzer

Michael Laban Walzer (born March 3, 1935) is an 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 the left-wing magazine Dissent, which he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at Brandeis University, an advisory…

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Alma mater
Brandeis University · Harvard University
Born
Michael Laban Walzer (1935-03-03) March 3, 1935 (age 91) New York City, US
Discipline
Philosophy · political studies
Doctoral advisor
Samuel Beer
Influenced
Michael Sandel · Jean Bethke Elshtain · Amy Gutmann · Michael W. Doyle · Ian Shapiro
Influences
Isaiah Berlin · Charles Taylor · Albert Camus · Karl Marx · John Rawls

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Michael Walzer

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Michael Walzer → Advanced Study, An, Anderson's House, Ann Arbor, Appearances, April, Arguing, Argument, Barcelona Metropolis, Binghamton University Libraries Center, C-SPANFor, Communities, Connected Critic, Conversation, Cultures, Dissent Quarterly, Dr, Eretz Acheret MagazineReview, Fathom JournalInterview, Gad Barzilai
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Michael Walzer → Amy Gutmann, Axel Honneth, Ian Shapiro, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Michael Sandel, Michael W. Doyle, Rainer Forst
Main interests · 7
Michael Walzer → Human rights, internationalism, just war theory, liberalism, political ethics, social criticism, value pluralism
Influences · 6
Michael Walzer → Albert Camus, Charles Taylor, Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, Karl Marx, Niccolò Machiavelli
Notable ideas · 3
Michael Walzer → complex equality, Dirty hands, supreme emergency
Notable works · 3
Michael Walzer → Interpretation and Social Criticism (1987), Just and Unjust Wars (1977), Spheres of Justice (1983)
School or tradition · 3
Michael Walzer → Analytic philosophy, communitarianism, socialism
Alma mater · 2
Michael Walzer → Brandeis University, Harvard University
Discipline · 2
Michael Walzer → Philosophy, political studies
Sub-discipline · 2
Michael Walzer → ethics, Political philosophy

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Michael WalzerDisciplinePhilosophy1.00infobox
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Michael WalzerDoctoral advisorSamuel Beer1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedMichael Sandel1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedJean Bethke Elshtain1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedAmy Gutmann1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedMichael W. Doyle1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedIan Shapiro1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedAxel Honneth1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencedRainer Forst1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencesIsaiah Berlin1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencesCharles Taylor1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencesAlbert Camus1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencesKarl Marx1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencesJohn Rawls1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInfluencesNiccolò Machiavelli1.00infobox
Michael WalzerInstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study1.00infobox
Michael WalzerMain interestsHuman rights1.00infobox
Michael WalzerMain interestspolitical ethics1.00infobox
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Michael WalzerMain interestsinternationalism1.00infobox
Michael WalzerNotable ideasDirty hands1.00infobox
Michael WalzerNotable ideascomplex equality1.00infobox
Michael WalzerNotable ideassupreme emergency1.00infobox

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