Michael Walzer is one of the most influential political theorists in the world today.  Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he has also taught at Harvard.  Among his most influential books are Just and Unjust Wars and Spheres of Justice.  He also co-edited the journal Dissent for 30 years and is a contributing editor to The New Republic.Astrid von Busekist is Professor of Political Theory at Science-Po in Paris.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on the English EditionIntroduction1 Who Are You Michael Walzer?2 Political Activism, Civil Rights and the Anti-war Movement3 Dissent4 Thinking About War5 Cooperation and Multilaterialism: Nations, States, Sovereignty6 Israel-Palestine7 Political Theory8 Spheres of Justice9 In God’s Shadow and the Jewish Political TraditionCoda

"This dialogue with Michael Walzer shows how fertile and original a political thinker he is, less interested in defining foundational normative theory, but fully engaged in discerning how in each particular society we can build a common world, hospitable to a multicultural social democracy."Professor Charles Taylor, McGill University"Von Busekist asks superb questions, drawing Walzer out on questions about which he has not written."Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture

Michael Walzer is one of the most influential political theorists in the world today.  Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he has also taught at Harvard.  Among his most influential books are Just and Unjust Wars and Spheres of Justice.  He also co-edited the journal Dissent for 30 years and is a contributing editor to The New Republic.Astrid von Busekist is Professor of Political Theory at Science-Po in Paris.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on the English EditionIntroduction1 Who Are You Michael Walzer?2 Political Activism, Civil Rights and the Anti-war Movement3 Dissent4 Thinking About War5 Cooperation and Multilaterialism: Nations, States, Sovereignty6 Israel-Palestine7 Political Theory8 Spheres of Justice9 In God’s Shadow and the Jewish Political TraditionCoda

"This dialogue with Michael Walzer shows how fertile and original a political thinker he is, less interested in defining foundational normative theory, but fully engaged in discerning how in each particular society we can build a common world, hospitable to a multicultural social democracy."Professor Charles Taylor, McGill University"Von Busekist asks superb questions, drawing Walzer out on questions about which he has not written."Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture

Michael Walzer is one of the most influential political theorists in the world today.  Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he has also taught at Harvard.  Among his most influential books are Just and Unjust Wars and Spheres of Justice.  He also co-edited the journal Dissent for 30 years and is a contributing editor to The New Republic.Astrid von Busekist is Professor of Political Theory at Science-Po in Paris.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on the English EditionIntroduction1 Who Are You Michael Walzer?2 Political Activism, Civil Rights and the Anti-war Movement3 Dissent4 Thinking About War5 Cooperation and Multilaterialism: Nations, States, Sovereignty6 Israel-Palestine7 Political Theory8 Spheres of Justice9 In God’s Shadow and the Jewish Political TraditionCoda

"This dialogue with Michael Walzer shows how fertile and original a political thinker he is, less interested in defining foundational normative theory, but fully engaged in discerning how in each particular society we can build a common world, hospitable to a multicultural social democracy."Professor Charles Taylor, McGill University"Von Busekist asks superb questions, drawing Walzer out on questions about which he has not written."Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture