In Thinking Politically, David Hitler has brought together sixteen of Walzer's best essays from 1973... all the way to the present day.... This is a splendid collection; much more coherent than most, bound together by Walzer's theme of respect for political community.... The essays ... do justice to both words in its titte: they address the enduring issues of politicat theory, but they atso engage that thinking with the political issues of the day.

Michael Walzer is widely regarded as one of the world's leading political theorists. His broad-ranging work has covered some of the most crucial political ideas of our time, from democracy to social justice, nationalism, multiculturalism, and terrorism. This collection of his most important essays includes a substantial introduction by David Hiller that connects Walzer's ideas to wider currents of political thought.

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Philosophy and Democracy

CHAPTER 2. A Critique of Philosophical Conversation

CHAPTER 3. Objectivity and Social Meaning

CHAPTER 4. Liberalism and the Art of Separation

CHAPTER 5. Justice Here and Now

CHAPTER 6. Exclusion, Injustice, and the Democratic State

CHAPTER 7. The Communitarian Critique of Liberalism

CHAPTER 8. The Civil Society Argument

CHAPTER 9. Deliberation, and What Else？

CHAPTER 10. Drawing the Line: Religion and Politics

CHAPTER 11. The Politics of Difference: Statehood and Toleration in a Multicultural World

CHAPTER 12. Nation and Universe

CHAPTER 13. The Moral Standing of States: A Response to Four Critics

CHAPTER 14. The Argument about Humanitarian Intervention

CHAPTER 15. Beyond Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights in Global Society

CHAPTER 16. Terrorism and Just War

CHAPTER 17. Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands

CHAPTER 18. The United States in the World--Just Wars and Just Societies: An Interview with Michael WalTer

Works by Michael WalTer

Credits

Index