Table of Contents

* Introduction * Part 1: Disobedience *1. The Obligation to Disobey *2. Civil Disobedience and Corporate Authority *3. The Obligations of Oppressed Minorities * Appendix: On the Responsibility of Intellectuals * Part 2: War *4. The Obligation to Die for the State *5. Political Alienation and Military Service *6. Conscientious Objection *7. Prisoners of War: Does the Fight Continue After the Battle? * Part 3: Citizenship *8. The Obligation to Live for the State *9. Political Solidarity and Personal Honor *10. The Problem of Citizenship Appendix: Three Kinds of Citizenship *11. A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen * Index

Promotional Information

This book by Professor Walzer stands as a fresh demonstration that two centuries' development of analytic tools and reasoning can carry old premises to conclusions both fresh and subtle. -- David L. Bazelon

About the Author

Michael Walzer is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Reviews

A distinguished contribution; political theorists will learn much from this book and so should many non-theorists as well. To them it offers not only a series of penetrating analyses…but also an outstanding example of that working out of a tradition of thought which…is so vital to the vocation of political theory.
*American Political Science Review*

This book by Professor Walzer stands as a fresh demonstration that two centuries’ development of analytic tools and reasoning can carry old premises to conclusions both fresh and subtle.
*David L. Bazelon*