Michael Walzer
Michael Laban Walzer 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.
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityUniversity of CambridgeBrandeis University
- Awards
- 🏆 Fulbright Scholarship🏆 Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Samuel Beer
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1935
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