Cornel West

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human philosopher political activist public intellectual social critic

Cornel West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual known for his work on race, democracy, and justice.

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Cornel West canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
public intellectual ⓘ
social critic ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1953-06-02 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Richard J. Bernstein ⓘ
Sheldon Wolin ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
electionParticipatedIn 2024 United States presidential election ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
Union Theological Seminary ⓘ
Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris

Yale University ⓘ
familyName West ⓘ
fieldOfWork African American studies ⓘ
surface form: African-American studies

philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
givenName Cornel ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
knownFor commentary on democracy and justice ⓘ
critique of neoliberalism ⓘ
public commentary on American politics ⓘ
work on race and racism in the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement Christian socialism ⓘ
democratic socialism ⓘ
pragmatism ⓘ
name Cornel West self-link ⓘ
notableWork Black Prophetic Fire ⓘ
Democracy Matters ⓘ
Prophesy Deliverance! ⓘ
Race Matters ⓘ
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
radio host ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment democratic socialism ⓘ
left-wing politics ⓘ
ranForOffice President of the United States ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ

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Princeton Theological Seminary → hasNotableAlumnus → Cornel West ⓘ
Union Theological Seminary → hasNotableFaculty → Cornel West ⓘ
Union Theological Seminary → hasNotableAlumnus → Cornel West ⓘ
Cornel West → name → Cornel West self-link ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Cornel West ⓘ
Race Matters → author → Cornel West ⓘ
Democracy Matters → author → Cornel West ⓘ
Prophesy Deliverance! → author → Cornel West ⓘ
Black Prophetic Fire → author → Cornel West ⓘ
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought → author → Cornel West ⓘ
Sheldon Wolin → influenced → Cornel West ⓘ