Jonathan Wolff (philosopher)

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This article is about the philosophy professor. For the musician, see Jonathan Wolff (musician).

Jonathan Wolff (born 1959) is a Professor and Head of Department specialising in political philosophy at University College London, in England. Wolff earned his MPhil from UCL^[1] under the direction of G.A. Cohen. He is the secretary of the British Philosophical Association and honorary secretary of the Aristotelian Society, which publishes Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. Recently, Wolff's work has specialized in disadvantage and equality and public policy decision making.

As a leading scholar on the topic of Marxism, Wolff published Marx and Exploitation, an influential article about Marxist thinking, in The Journal of Ethics. He also co-edited (with Michael Rosen) Political Thought (ISBN 0-19-289278-9), a collection of essays on questions involving the relationship between human nature and the structure of society.

He has also published a critique of Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia called Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State, a short book on Karl Marx, Why Read Marx Today?, and a leading introduction to political philosophy, An Introduction to Political Philosophy. He currently writes a monthly column for The Guardian and occasionally blogs at Brian Leiter's "Leiter Reports" blog.

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(1991) Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State. Oxford: Polity in association with Basil Blackwell. ISBN 9780745606033.
(1996) An Introduction to Political Philosophy. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192892515.
(1999) Political Thought. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192892789.
(2002) Why Read Marx Today?. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192803351.
(2007) Disadvantage. City: Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780199278268.

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