Michael Walzer

Michael Walzer (13 March 1935 - ) is a philosopher of society, politics, and ethics currently working as a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He has written on a wide range of topics, including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, economic justice, criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation. Outside of his academic work he acts as editor-in-chief of Dissent, an American left-wing magazine and is a contributing editor to The New Republic. He is also on the Editorial Board of the academic journal Philosophy & Public Affairs. To date he has published over thirty five articles in scholarly journals. He is a member of several philosophical organizations including the American Philosophical Society.

Education

In 1956 Walzer graduated Summa cum laude from Brandeis University with a B.A. in History. He then studied at the University of Cambridge on a Fulbright Fellowship (1956-1957) and completed his doctoral work at Harvard, earning his Ph.D. in Political Science and History from the Kennedy School of Government in 1961.

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1956 - Summa cum laude - Brandeis University - B.A. - University of Cambridge - Fulbright Fellowship - 1957 - Harvard - Ph.D. - Political Science - Kennedy School of Government - 1961

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