Thinking Politically: Essays in Political Theory

ISBN-13: 9780300143225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str.

David Miller; Michael Walzer

Opis

A collection of the most important writings of Michael Walzer, one of the world's most influential political thinkers " A] stimulating new collection of Walzer's] essays."-Adam Kirsch, New York Sun "Michael Walzer is one of liberalism's most important contemporary philosophers, as he seeks to meld communitarian concerns with traditional Rawlsian arguments together with a healthy dose of patriotic feeling and never entirely absent concern for the well-being of Israel."-Eric Alterman, mediamatters.org Michael Walzer is UPS Foundation Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He has published extensively in political philosophy and is equally well known for his contributions to contemporary political debates. David Miller is professor of political theory and official fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author or editor of fifteen books, including On Nationality and Principles of Social Justice.

O autorze

Michael Walzer, geboren 1936 in New York, ist einer der wichtigsten zeitgenössischen politischen Denker und Gesellschaftstheoretiker. In seinem umfangreichen Werk widmet er sich immer wieder den Fragen von Nationalismus und Ethnizität, Pluralität und Gerechtigkeit sowie des Erhalts des demokratischen Gemeinwesens. Seit 1980 lehrt er am Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Neben seinen vielfältigen akademischen Tätigkeiten ist er Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Dissent.