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Cornel West
The Politics of Redemption

Rosemary Cowan (Author)

9780745624938, Polity Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 November 2002

224 pages
23 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.336 kg

"Cornel West: The Politics of Redemption is a bold and courageous text that insightfully defends the thesis that liberation theology is at the core of West’s synoptic and existentially engaged philosophical corpus. Rejecting a narrow conception of theology, Cowan provides a hermeneutic lens through which to make sense of West’s pragmatist and Marxist leanings, and his prophetic Christianity. This book is a must read." George Yancy, McAnulty Fellow at Duquesne University

In this new book Rosemary Cowan provides a clear and highly accessible introduction to the work of Cornel West, a provocative and eclectic thinker who has emerged as one of America's foremost public intellectuals.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Chapter 1. Reading West.

Chapter 2. Race and American Democracy.

Chapter 3. Jazz Philosophy: Westian Pragmatism.

Chapter 4. 'Prophetic' Christianity.

Chapter 5. Re-conceptualizing Marxism: West's Radicalism.

Chapter 6. The Multicontextual Public Intellectual.

Chapter 7. The Politics of ‘Conversion' West's ‘Love Ethic'.

Chapter 8. Achieving Democracy: Applying the Love Ethic.

Conclusion: Creative Tensions.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]

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