Cornel West
The Politics of Redemption
Key Contemporary Thinkers Series

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

Cornel West provides a much–needed overview of West′s thinking. It will be of interest to students and academics in philosophy, politics, theology, African American studies, and to all those interested in one of the leading intellectual figures of our time.

Rosemary Cowan has taught political theory and American politics at California State University, Stanislaus