Cornel West

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in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The United States

June 02, 1953

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male

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http://www.cornelwest.com

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Cornel Ronald West is an American scholar and public intellectual. Formerly at Harvard University, West is currently a professor of Religion at Princeton. West says his intellectual contributions draw from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, Marxism, pragmatism, transcendentalism, and Anton Chekhov.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 6,597 ratings · 559 reviews · 67 distinct works · Similar authors

	Race Matters 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 3,247 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cornel West Reader 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir by Cornel West, David Ritz 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophesy Deliverance! 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America by Cornel West, Kelvin Shawn Sealey (Editor) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophetic Thought in Postmodern Times 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”
― Cornel West, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life

tags: commitment, loyalty, relationships

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“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public”
― Cornel West

tags: justice, love, society, wisdom

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“You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.”
― Cornel West

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