, by Michael Walzer, DISSENT

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A Symposium

50 Years after Hiroshima

by Michael Walzer

Dissent, Summer 1995, pp. 330-332

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    Winter 1995 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. Editor's Page by Mitchell Cohen, pp. 5-6
    2. Why We Are in Haiti by George Packer, pp. 7-9
    3. Anti-Inflation Fanaticism by Mark Levinson, pp. 10-11
    4. Labor Reporting and the Baseball Strike by Sean Wilentz, pp. 12-14
    5. Feminists at the Cairo Population Conference by Susannah Heschel, pp. 15-17
    6. Politics in Central and Eastern Europe by Mitchell Cohen, pp. 18-28
    7. Mexican Democracy by Jonathan Fox and Luis Hernandez, pp. 29-34
    8. The Politics of Rescue by Michael Walzer, pp. 35-41
    9. Why Intellectual Conservation Died by Michael Lind, pp. 42-47
    10. The Reasonable Woman by Kathryn Abrams, pp. 48-54
    11. Movements and Campaigns by Richard Rorty, pp. 55-60
    12. Resistance to White Supremacy by George M. Fredrickson, pp. 61-70
    13. The Old Welfare State in the New Age of Competition by Joanne Barkan, pp. 71-76
    14. Full Employment by Claus Offe, pp. 77-81
    15. Market Socialism in the East by Thomas E. Weisskopf, pp. 82-88
    16. Culturalism by David Bromwich, pp. 89-102
    17. --- by Charles Taylor and Michael Walzer, pp. 103-106
    18. Rose Laub Coser by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, pp. 107-108
    19. --- by Dennis Wrong, p. 109
    20. A Tribute to Ferenc Feher by Andrew Arato, pp. 110-111
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      Layers of Paradox by David Bradley, pp. 112-119 - 1 Review
      1. Colored People: A Memoir by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    22. [+]
      Roots of Fascism by Richard Wolin, pp. 120-123 - 1 Review
      1. The Birth of Fascist Ideology by Zeev Sternhell, Mario Szajder, and Maia Asheri
    23. [+]
      Illuminating a Cultural Mood by Josephine Woll, pp. 124-126 - 1 Review
      1. Modernism and Revolution by Victor Erlich
    24. [+]
      Conscience and Culture by Dennis Wrong, pp. 127-129 - 1 Review
      1. The Moral Sense by James Q. Wilson
    25. [+]
      Misunderstanding Nationaism by Will Kymlicka, pp. 130-137 - 4 Reviews
      1. Blood and Belonging by Michael Ignatieff
      2. The Wrath of Nations by William Pfaff
      3. Liberal Nationalism by Yael Tamir
      4. Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity by Liah Greenfeld
    26. Letters, pp. 138-143
    27. The Last Page by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 144-146
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    Spring 1995 Issue = 37 Articles
    1. Editor's Page, pp. 147-148
    2. American Populism by Sean Wilentz, pp. 149-152
    3. Democrats' Identity Crisis by Harold Meyerson, pp. 153-157
    4. Feminism after the Fall Elections by Heidi Hartmann, pp. 158-159
    5. Talk Radio and the Left by Jon Wiener, pp. 160-163
    6. The Right's Choice of Words by David Bromwich, pp. 164-166
    7. Orphans and Republicans by Deborah Epstein Nord, pp. 167-168
    8. Mexico as Clinton's Vietnam by Jeff Faux, pp. 169-173
    9. The Latest Version of the Christian Right by Leo P. Ribuffo, pp. 174-175
    10. The Republicans' Economic Agenda by Mark Levinson, pp. 176-178
    11. Labor's Troubles by Jo-Ann Mort, pp. 179-181
    12. Hard Questions for the Left by Charles Knight, pp. 182-183
    13. Going Local by Jeffrey C. Isaac, pp. 184-188
    14. The Death Knells for Affirmative Action by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 189-192
    15. Lessons from the Bosnian War by Bogdan Denitch, pp. 193-194
    16. The Prospects for a Pacific Century by Daniel Bell, pp. 195-201
    17. Democracy in Brazil by Albert O. Hirschman, pp. 202-203
    18. Germany's Postcommunists by Anson Rabinbach, pp. 204-206
    19. Cuba and Its Exiles by Roman de la Campa, pp. 207-210
    20. The War against Welfare by Evelyn Z. Brodkin, pp. 211-220
    21. Racial Politics and the Clinton-Guinier Episode by David Plotke, pp. 221-235
    22. Freud on Trial by Eugene Goodheart, pp. 236-243
    23. Communist Breakdown, Social Democratic Paralysis by Robert V. Daniels, pp. 244-248
    24. Simple Truths about the Politics of Unemployment by Thomas Nowotny, pp. 249-253
    25. Socialism as a Regulative Idea by Mitchell Cohen, pp. 254-257
    26. Some Flowers (for Irving Howe) by Stanley Moss, p. 258
    27. Critical Revisions by Paula Fox, pp. 259-262
    28. Issue with Richard Rorty by Steven Lukes, p. 263
    29. Response by Richard Rorty, pp. 264-265
    30. Technology and the Prospects for Democracy by Baruch Knei-Paz, pp. 266-268
    31. Television and Role Models by Brian Morton, pp. 269-272
    32. Democratic Culture by Oliver Conant, pp. 273-275
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      The Conservative Mind by George M. Fredrickson, pp. 276-279 - 1 Review
      1. The Southern Tradition by Eugene D. Genovese
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      An Opinionated Woman by Christine Stansell, pp. 280-282 - 1 Review
      1. Reasonable Creatures by Katha Pollitt
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      Learning in America by Alan Ryan, pp. 283-285 - 1 Review
      1. Dogmatic Wisdom by Russell Jacoby
    36. Letters, pp. 286-287
    37. The Last Page by Paul Berman, pp. 288-290
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    Summer 1995 Issue = 31 Articles
    1. Editor's Page by Mitchell Cohen, pp. 291-292
    2. Race, Celebrity, and Intellectuals by Sean Wilentz, pp. 293-298
    3. Television and Conservative Politics by Jeffrey Scheuer, pp. 299-300
    4. George Pataki as a Postmodern Figure by Frank Hearn, pp. 301-302
    5. The British Labor Party by Peter Mandler, pp. 303-306
    6. Russian Reform by Robert V. Daniels, pp. 307-312
    7. Nationalism and Eastern Europe by Andre Liebich, pp. 313-317
    8. Democracy, Romanian Style by Vladimir Tismaneanu, pp. 318-320
    9. 50 Years after Hiroshima by Jean Bethke Elshtain, pp. 321-322
    10. --- by John Rawls, pp. 323-327
    11. --- by Ronald Takaki, pp. 328-329
    12. --- by Michael Walzer, pp. 330-332
    13. Modernism and Human Rights Near the Millennium by Marshall Berman, pp. 333-341
    14. Alchemy or Fool's Gold? Assessing Feminist Doubts about Rights by Elizabeth Kiss, pp. 342-347
    15. Against Government by David Plotke, pp. 348-354
    16. Are We a Nation? An Argument for "Trans-America" by Michael Lind, pp. 355-362
    17. Criminalizing the Rights of Labor by David Brody, pp. 363-367
    18. Paradoxes of Black American Leadership by Martin Kilson, pp. 368-372
    19. Globalization and Democracy by Ian Robinson, pp. 373-380
    20. The Welfare State at Risk by H. Brand, pp. 381-388
    21. How to Respond to the Christian Right by Peter Laarman and Leo Ribuffo, pp. 389-392
    22. Gambling in America by George Packer, pp. 393-396
    23. Savage Pleasures by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 397-400
    24. Review Four Feminist Magazines by Debra Satz, pp. 401-406
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      "A Whole World of Heroes" by George Scialabba, pp. 407-413 - 1 Review
      1. The Revolt of the Elites, and the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher Lasch
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      Cultural Fantasies by Stefan Collini, pp. 414-418 - 1 Review
      1. The De-Moralization of Society by Gertrude Himmelfarb
    27. [+]
      Noam on the Range by Richard Wolin, pp. 419-422 - 1 Review
      1. World Orders Old and New by Noam Chomsky
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      Horror and Responsibility by Bogdan Denitch, pp. 423-424 - 1 Review
      1. Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West by David Rieff
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      Socialism's Heirs by Norman Birnbaum, pp. 425-427 - 1 Review
      1. The German Left: Red, Green and Beyond by Andrei S. Markovits and Philip S. Gorski
    30. Letters, pp. 428-431
    31. The Last Page by Michael Walzer, pp. 432-434
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    Fall 1995 Issue = 35 Articles
    1. Editor's Page by Michael Walzer, pp. 435-436
    2. The Republican Revolution by Mark Levinson, pp. 437-440
    3. Why the Eagerness to Assault City University by Philip Kasinitz, pp. 441-443
    4. Institutionalized Meanness by Murray Hausknecht, pp. 444-446
    5. The Strange Death of Tory England by John Gray, pp. 447-452
    6. The French Left after the Presidential Election by Joel Roman, pp. 453-454
    7. European Environmental Policy by Stephen Tindale, pp. 455-457
    8. Finds Potemkin Villages in Pyongyang by Marc Epstein, pp. 458-460
    9. Affirmative Action by Joanne Barkan, pp. 461-462
    10. --- by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, pp. 463-464
    11. --- by Andrew Hacker, pp. 465-466
    12. --- by Virginia Held, pp. 467-468
    13. --- by Martin Kilson, p. 469
    14. --- by Michael Lind, pp. 470-471
    15. --- by Nicolaus Mills, p. 472
    16. --- by Richard Rodriguez, pp. 473-474
    17. --- by Jerry Watts, pp. 475-476
    18. Toward a Chinese Feminism by Lin Chun, pp. 477-485
    19. The Demonization of Political Correctness by Todd Gitlin, pp. 486-497
    20. The End of Politics and the Rise of the Radical Right by Chantal Mouffe, pp. 498-502
    21. Freedom for Technology! by Ulrich Beck, pp. 503-507
    22. The Wonderful Woman on the Pavement by Margaret Morganroth Gullette, pp. 508-514
    23. Oscar Wild's Socialism by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 515-520
    24. Race and the Democratic Process by Lani Guinier and David Plotke, pp. 521-529
    25. Freud by Frederick Crews and Eugene Goodheart, pp. 530-532
    26. Bureaucracy and Markets by Benjamin Ross, pp. 533-535
    27. Guns and Women by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, p. 536
    28. The Second Locarno Conference by Michael Walzer, pp. 537-538
    29. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring by Yaakov Garb, pp. 539-545
    30. George Eckstein, p. 546
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      Living by Ideas by George Scialabba, pp. 547-549 - 1 Review
      1. Against the Grain by Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball
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      After Long Silence by Stanley Hoffmann, pp. 550-552 - 1 Review
      1. In Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara and Brian VanDeMark
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      Eco-Denial by David W. Orr, pp. 553-555 - 1 Review
      1. A Moment on the Earth by Gregg Easterbrook
    34. Letters, pp. 556-559
    35. The Last Page by Jo-Ann Mort, pp. 560-562
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