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Michael Walzer

1935 - Today

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Michael Laban Walzer (born March 3, 1935) is an American political theorist and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor emeritus of the left-wing magazine Dissent, which he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at Brandeis University, an advisory editor of the Jewish journal Fathom, and sits on the editorial board of the Jewish Review of Books. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics—many in political ethics—including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, Zionism, antisemitism, economic justice, social criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation. He is also a contributing editor to The New Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Walzer is the 663rd most popular philosopher (down from 652nd in 2019), the 2,689th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,261st in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Walzer ranks 663 out of 1,267. Before him are Ernst Moritz Arndt, Maximus of Ephesus, Wang Bi, Ravidas, Johannes Sturm, and Nezahualcoyotl. After him are Gorakhnath, Ernst Nolte, Reinhold Niebuhr, Liu Bowen, Frithjof Schuon, and Shen Buhai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Michael Walzer ranks 118. Before him are Tsutomu Hata, Dominique Venner, Bruno Sammartino, Mário Coluna, Vladislav Volkov, and Julian Glover. After him are Judd Hirsch, Fabio Cudicini, Terry Riley, Gene Vincent, Nikos Sampson, and Peter Boyle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Walzer ranks 2,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Menken (1949), Philip José Farmer (1918), David Schwimmer (1966), Rhea Seehorn (1972), Dick York (1928), and Sinbad (1956). After him are John Schneider (1960), Harry Connick Jr. (1967), William Petersen (1953), Cus D'Amato (1908), Paul Desmond (1924), and J. Allen Hynek (1910).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Michael Walzer ranks 26. Before him are Charles W. Morris (1903), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Nancy Fraser (1947), Tom Regan (1938), Jonathan Edwards (1703), and Arthur Danto (1924). After him are Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), C. I. Lewis (1883), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jerry Fodor (1935), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902).

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