5.13 West (2004)
West, Cornel (2004) Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism. New York: The Penguin Press.
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Author Cornel West is an American philosopher, academic, activist, author public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. He received his Ph.D from Princeton University in 1980. He was The Class of 1943 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton before becoming Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He also has spend time teaching at the University of Paris. He draws intellectual contribution form multiple traditions, including Christianity, the black church, Marxism, neopragmatism, and transcendentalism. His most influential books are Race Matters (1994) and this one (2004). |
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This liberal philosopher and public intellectual illumines the lethal threat of the current form of the American Empire to our unique experiment in democracy and the possible responses drawing on our strong traditional resources.
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This liberal philosopher and public intellectual illumines the lethal threat of the current form of the American Empire to our unique experiment in democracy and the possible responses drawing on our strong traditional resources.
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Endorsements
"Cornel West is one of the most authentic, brilliant, prophetic, and healing voices in America today." ~Marian Wright Edelman
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"West reveals himself as a thinker of dazzling erudition, who's critiques are inevitable balanced by an infectious optimism and magnanimity of spirit." ~The Village Voice
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"Uncompromising and unconventional...Cornel West is an eloquent prophet with attitude." ~Newsweek
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"Our Black Jeremiah...Cornel West is the preeminent African-American intellectual of our generation...Cornel West matters." ~Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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