Michael Walzer: background for in-class discussion

For those of you currently on campus, or those of you with a passion for civil society cognoscenti, I'm providing two links that ought to provide some background on Michael Walzer, author of "The Idea of Civil Society," which will be discussed in lecture this Friday, November 17th, 2005. First is an interview from the UNESCO Courier. It addresses some of Walzer's views on the intersections of race and identity politics with civil society:

http://www.unesco.org/courier/2000_01/uk/dires/txt1.htm

Second is a short article on prisoner abuse in Iraq by Michael Walzer from Dissent magazine (Spring 2004):

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/menutest/articles/sp04/walzer_abuse.htm