Michael Walzer

"Walzer is acutely aware that will and competency alone are not enough to lead to success. In Political Action he preaches a gospel of realism—if you don’t win, try a different approach (like moving into electoral politics) or disband your effort...

On Thursday, April 11, Labyrinth Books will host a discussion of Political Action: A Practical Guide to Movement Politics by Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science.

Recently reissued by New York Review Books, Political...

Writing for the Washington Post, CNN's Fareed Zakaria examines the crisis in Venezuela and argues for active support from American Democrats, borrowing insights from A Foreign Policy for the Left by Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School...

Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, will lead a discussion on Community, the third installment in Walzer's four-volume The Jewish Political Tradition series, which seeks to connect political thought of ancient Israel...

This spring, Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, wrote for Foreign Affairs an article on "Just and Unjust Leaks"—a discussion of the contexts in which the leaking of confidential information is morally justified.

For...

Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, spoke at the Paris Institute of Political Studies on March 15, 2018, in a talk titled "Freedom and Equality: Can the Two Stand Together?" Exploring the crucial link between freedom...

Martin Peretz of the Wall Street Journal reviewed A Foreign Policy for the Left (Yale University Press, 2018) by Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, writing:

"Mr. Walzer is an honest leftist, and he tries to keep his...

Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, will discuss his new book A Foreign Policy for the Left (Yale University Press 2018), at 6:00 p.m. on March 8 at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, N.J.

The book, adapted from essays...

Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, discusses the political potential of high school students as they take on the NRA following the February 14, 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. Looking to the African...

Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, details the intricacies of whistle-blowing, the moral risk-taking that is involved, and the contours of judging whether or not a disclosure is justified:

So long as there are secrets...