Cornel West
The Politics of Redemption
Key Contemporary Thinkers
1. Edition November 2002
224 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-2493-8
John Wiley & Sons
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
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
"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
Rosemary Cowan has taught political theory and American politics at California State University, Stanislaus
