The Cornel West Reader

The Cornel West Reader

The Cornel West Reader
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Editor: Cornel West
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-08
ISBN: 0465091105
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books

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Book Review: Excellent Read
Summary: 5 Stars

Cornel West is an awesome and prolific writer. Unlike most professors in this day and age, he has decided to step down from the ivory tower of academia and reach out to the public. So much of what he has to say is relevant to today, here and now, and to everyday people. Beyond being a writer and a professor, he is Christian.

Here is a quote I love: "Furthermore, if liberation theologies have taught us anything, it is that Christian thinkers must be organically linked with prophetic churches and progressive movements. An uncommitted and detached liberation theologian is a contradiction in terms. Without some form of ecclesiastical and political praxis, critical consciousness becomes as sounding brass and theological reflection a tinkling cymbal" (Pg 398, Cornel West Reader).

Not only does he state this, but he believes in and acts upon it. "Sounding brass" and "Tinkling cymbals" are allusions to the Holy Bible, "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:1-3).

Thus, what could Cornel West's political praxis be but love? And his love is self-evident, in both his words and actions.

Summary of The Cornel West Reader

An anthology of the best work of an always compelling, often controversial, and absolutely essential philosopher of the modern American Experience.

Cornel West is one of the nation's premier public intellectuals and one of the great prophetic voices of our era. Whether he is writing a scholarly book or an article for Newsweek, whether he is speaking of Emerson, Gramsci, or Marvin Gaye, his work radiates a passion that reflects the rich traditions he draws on and weaves together--Baptist preaching, American transcendentalism, jazz, radical politics. This anthology reveals the dazzling range of West's work, from his explorations of "Prophetic Pragmatism" to his philosophizing on hip-hop. The Cornel West Reader traces the development of West's extraordinary career as academic, public intellectual, and activist. In his essays, articles, books, and interviews, West emerges as America's social conscience, urging attention to complicated issues of racial and economic justice, sexuality and gender, history and politics. This collection represents the best work of an always compelling, often controversial, and absolutely essential philosopher of the modern American experience.

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