Robert Paul Wolff (born 27 December 1933, New York City) is a contemporary American political philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Wolff has written widely on many topics in political philosophy such as Marxism, tolerance (he wrote against liberalism and in favor of anarchism), political justification and democracy. Wolff is also well known for his work on Kant. Wolff is of Jewish heritage. His great-grandfather, Wolf ('Velvyl') Zarembovitch, immigrated to New York from Eastern Europe, when the family name was changed to Wolff.
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