A Prim i gruixut: Argumentació moral adreçada a propis i a estranys, Michael Walzer destil·la tota una carrera dedicada a reflexionar entorn de les idees de justícia i de crítica social, aquest cop introduint una argumen...
Esta obra, junto con los títulos Nacionalismo: a favor y en contra, y Autodeterminación y secesión completa un estimulante enfoque sobre los nacionalismos. La pluralidad de este fenómeno merece ser examinada atendiendo a los...
El rebrot d?una religiositat extrema, en societats que havien conegut processos polítics profundament secularitzadors i progressistes, és la paradoxa de l?alliberament. A partir de tres casos històrics -l?Índia, Israel i Alg&eg...
"Los terroristas no sólo devalúan a los individuos a quienes matan sino también al grupo al que pertenecen esos individuos. Muestran la intención política de destruir, desplazar o subordinar de manera radical a esas...
La imagen ideal de individuos autónomos que eligen sus vínculos libremente, o que incluso eligen no tener ningún tipo de vínculos, es un buen ejemplo de mal utopimsmo. Los sociólogos nunca le han visto ningún sent...
Michael Walzer is one of the pre-eminent political theorists in the world today and also a prominent public intellectual. His conception of social justice and his work on just and unjust wars have been hugely influential in political theory and, at the...
A noted political philosopher offers a moving meditation on the political meanings of the biblical story of Exodus -- from oppression to deliverance and the promised land.
The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and power but other social âgoodsâ like honor, education, work, free time&...
The demise of Communism has not only affected Eastern Europe but also the countries of the West where a far-reaching examination of political and economic systems has begun. This collection of essays by internationally renowned scholars of political theor...
In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern state and members of political parties and movements as they respond to and participate in the most crucial...
Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and...
Eventually every conqueror, every imperial power, every occupying army gets out. Why do they decide to leave? And how do political and military leaders manage withdrawal? Do they take with them those who might be at risk if left behind? What are the immed...