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Cornel West


Born
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The United States
June 02, 1953

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Genre
Philosophy, Religion


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: 4.35 · 66,255 ratings · 6,917 reviews · 153 distinct works • Similar authors
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Cornel West Reader (Basic C...
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Hope on a Tightrope: Words ...
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Black Prophetic Fire
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Prophesy Deliverance!
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The American Evasion of Phi...
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Keeping Faith: Philosophy a...
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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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