# Jonathan Wolff

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On Progress and Human Development

Contributor(s): Professor Paul Anand, Catherine Audard, Professor Jonathan Wolff

Karl Marx

The ideas of Karl Marx vie with those of Rousseau, Locke and Jefferson for shaping the politics of the twentieth century. Are Marx’s ideas of real philosophical value and interest, or simply relics of interest only in trying to understand the benighted century we have left behind? John and Ken divi…

Jonathan Wolff: Inequality and Philosophy, Democracy & Hidden Politics | S7EP5 Inspire Us Podcast

Jonathan Wolff is a leading political philosopher at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. He has advised governments, shaped public policy debates, and written extensively on inequality, justice, and democracy, and social reform.It was an absolute pleasure to speak with Jonathan…

Oxford PPE - see inside Oxfords most Infamous Degree!

Check out our guests' reading recommendations: Cut Short by Ciaran Thapar: https://amzn.to/4pwmtnK Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance: https://amzn.to/3MhyCys An Introduction to Political Philosophy by Jonathan Wolff: https://amzn.to/3MhyCys The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford: https://amzn.to/3KIw8…

Social Equality: Then And Now, Jonathan Wolff

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Jonathan Wolff, who explores how ideas of relational equality have developed in the past 100 years. Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.

The Seinfeld theme song w/ Composer Jonathan Wolff

No bass for you!! In 1987, TV composer Jonathan Wolff was still trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Then one day, he got a call from Jerry Seinfeld, who needed music for his new sitcom. This is the story behind the unforgettable music of Seinfeld, and how Jonathan Wolff’s unique approac…

A Cup of tea with Professor Virginia Mantouvalou

In this episode, Professor Judy Stephenson is in conversation with Professor Virginia Mantouvalou, Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law, and Co-Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights. They discuss the challenges that migrant workers face in knowing and upholding their rights, as well as…

Weddings

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue! In this episode, Ellie and David talk about weddings. What kind of celebration is a wedding? And what social function do these festivities serve? Do weddings necessarily legitimize the institution of marriage? Or can weddings be diss…

Political Philosophy and John Rawls

Audio recording of a lecture by Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls' political philosophy. After discussing the detrimental influence of logical positivism on ethical and political discourse, Jonathan Wolff goes on to explain John Rawls' famous contractarian conception of justice. Rawls' argument takes th…

Marx on Alienation

One important reason Marx thought the revolution was inevitable was that in a capitalist society the labor force was alienated. But what is alienation? Jonathan Wolff briefly explains what Marx meant by alienated labor, as well as Marx's controversial vision of what non-alienated labor might be lik…