Michael Walzer

Michael Walzer is professor (emeritus) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author of Just and Unjust Wars and The Paradox of Liberation, among other books, and the former co-editor of Dissent magazine.

A Pesach Drash
Revolutionaries often read the Exodus story as a clarion call to sacrifice others. They should try a little patience and tenderness instead.
byMichael Walzer
Immigration and Citizenship
‘Americanizing’ immigrants means first and foremost assuring them that they aren’t the first or the last new Americans
byMichael Walzer
In Praise of Shopping
Why the petty bourgeois is the new man of this revolution
byMichael Walzer
Love and the Police
Do I want to be policed not by the police, but by my neighbors?
byMichael Walzer
What the Protesters Need to Win
Without coalition building, organization, and participation from all walks of American life, neither Black Lives Matter nor any other protest group will produce the hoped-for change
byMichael Walzer
Are Entrepreneurs Our Enemies?
We have to imagine a society with both social democratic civil servants and adventurous, risk-taking businesses
byMichael Walzer
The Futility of Bernie Sanders
Is the presidential candidate a democratic socialist, a left populist, or something else?
byMichael Walzer
The Omar Affair
The socialism of fools takes Washington
byMichael Walzer