Michael Walzer
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| Born | Michael Laban Walzer March 3, 1935 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Judith Borodovko (m. 1956) |
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| Thesis | The Revolution of the Saints |
| Doctoral advisor | Samuel Beer |
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| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study |
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Michael Laban Walzer (/ˈwɔːlzər/; born March 3, 1935) is an American political theorist and intellectual. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). He is editor emeritus of the left-wing magazine Dissent.
Written works
[change | change source]He has written books and essays on a many topics in politics, such as about Zionism, antisemitism, economic justice, social justice and radicalism. He is also a contributing editor to The New Republic.
Waltzer 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, Quillette, and many philosophical and political science journals.[2][3]
Personal life
[change | change source]Walzer was born to a Jewish family[4] on March 3, 1935. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1956. He then studied at the University of Cambridge and at Harvard University.[2]
In 1956, Walzer married Judith Borodovko. They have two daughters. Walzer is the older brother of historian Judith Walzer Leavitt.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Howard, Michael W. (1986). "Walzer's Socialism". Social Theory and Practice. 12 (1): 103–113. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract198612117. JSTOR 23556625.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Michael Laban Walzer". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ↑ "From the River to the Sea".
- ↑ Arkush, Allan (August 8, 2012). "Michael Walzer's Secular Jewish Thought". Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. 11 (2): 221–241. doi:10.1080/14725886.2012.684859. S2CID 144959296.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Dissent Quarterly magazine of politics and culture edited by Michael Walzer
- Walzer's biography at the Institute for Advanced Study
- "Arguing about War" Review of Walzer's Arguing about War in n+1 magazine
- The Argument about Humanitarian Intervention By Michael Walzer
- Micha Odenheimer, A “Connected Critic”, Micha Odenheimer speaks with an individual who has carved out a space for himself as a left-wing supporter of Israel, Eretz Acheret Magazine