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| Born | Cornel Ronald West June 2, 1953 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
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| Political party | Independent (since 2023)[5] Justice For All Party (since 2024)[a] |
| Other political affiliations | Green (2023)[6][7] People's (2023) Democratic Socialists of America (since 1982)[8][9][b] |
| Spouses | Hilda Holloman
(m. 1977, divorced)Ramona Santiago
(m. 1981; div. 1986)Elleni Gebre Amlak
(m. 1992, divorced)Leslie Kotkin
(m. 2015; div. 2018)Annahita Mahdavi (m. 2021) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | Union Theological Seminary Yale University Harvard University Princeton University Dartmouth College |
| Thesis | Ethics, Historicism and the Marxist Tradition (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Raymond Geuss, Sheldon Wolin[3] |
| Doctoral students | Leah Hunt-Hendrix[4] |
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| Website | cornelwest |
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, social critic, actor, and public intellectual.[13][14] The grandson of a Baptist minister, West's primary philosophy focuses on the roles of race, gender, and class struggle in American society. A socialist,[15][16] West draws intellectual contributions from multiple traditions, including Christianity, the black church, democratic socialism, left-wing populism, neopragmatism, and transcendentalism.[17][18][19][20] Among his most influential books are Race Matters (1993) and Democracy Matters (2004).
West is an outspoken voice in left-wing politics in the United States. During his career, he has held professorships and fellowships at Harvard University, Yale University, Union Theological Seminary, Princeton University, Dartmouth College, Pepperdine University, and the University of Paris.[21] He is a frequent commentator on politics and social questions in many media outlets.[22]
From 2010 through 2013, West co-hosted the radio program Smiley and West with Tavis Smiley.[23][24] He has been featured in several documentaries, and made appearances in Hollywood films such as The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as providing commentary for both films. West has also made several spoken word and hip hop albums, and due to this work, has been named MTV's Artist of the Week.[25] West co-hosted a podcast entitled The Tight Rope, with Tricia Rose. He is a frequent conversation partner with his friend Robert P. George, a prominent conservative intellectual, with the two often speaking together at colleges and universities on the meaning of liberal arts education, free speech, and civil dialogue.[26][27] In 2020, he was listed by Prospect magazine as the fourth-greatest thinker for the COVID-19 era.[28]
West is a third party candidate in the 2024 presidential election. After declaring his run with the People's Party in June 2023[29], a week afterwards, he announced he was instead seeking the nomination of the Green Party.[30] In October 2023, he announced he was again switching his affiliation, and is running as an independent candidate.[31]
- ^ "Pragmatism". iep.utm.edu. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Martin. Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ West, Cornel; Ritz, David (2009). Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. New York: SmileyBooks. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4019-2677-9.
- ^ West, Cornel Ronald (1980). Ethics, historicism and the Marxist tradition (PhD). Princeton University. OCLC 934884084. ProQuest 303076528. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Innovator Insights: Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Founder of Solidaire Network". Invested Impact. November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Medium.com.
- ^ Trudo, Hanna (October 5, 2023). "Cornel West switches from Green Party presidential candidate to independent". The Hill. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Cornel West Moves to Green Party in 2024 Presidential Run". Democracy Now!. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ Gans, Jared (June 14, 2023). "Cornel West seeking Green Party nomination for presidential run". The Hill. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ Dorrien, Gary (2008). "IMAGINING SOCIAL JUSTICE: Cornel West's Prophetic Public Intellectualism". CrossCurrents. 58 (1): 9. ISSN 0011-1953. JSTOR 24461650.
- ^ "Letter from Cornel West to Michael Harrington". Democratic Socialists of America Records, Harrington Correspondence, Box 6A, Folder: March-April 1982. Tamiment Library. April 13, 1982.
- ^ Stein, Jeff (August 5, 2017). "9 questions about the Democratic Socialists of America you were too embarrassed to ask". Vox. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ West, Cornel; Ritz, David (2009). Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. New York: SmileyBooks. pp. 95, 107. ISBN 978-1-4019-2677-9.
- ^ West, Cornel; Ritz, David (2009). Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. New York: SmileyBooks. pp. 117–119, 139. ISBN 978-1-4019-2677-9.
- ^ Muwakkil, Salim (November 4, 2004). "Cornel West: Public Intellectual". In These Times. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Parish, Lenel (November 19, 2003). "Well-Known Public Intellectual Cornel West at Whitman December 4". whitman.edu. Whitman College. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- ^ "Cornel West Socialist Theory of Racism". chicagodsa.org. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ "Cornel West, DSA Honorary Chair". dsausa.org. Democratic Socialists of America. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ "Contemporary Research". Pragmatism.org. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Cornel Ronald West." Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 33. Ed. Ashyia Henderson. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2004.
- ^ Ward, Thomas (2004). "Cornel West y la política de conversión". Resistencia cultural: La nación en el ensayo de las Américas. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma: 344–348.
- ^ Nishikawa, Kinohi (2005). "Cornel West". In Ostrom, Hans; Macey, J. David Jr. (eds.). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 1714–18.
- ^ "Cornel West". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. September 13, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "cornelwest.com". Cornel West. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013.
- ^ "Tavis Smiley, Cornell West ending their public radio show in December". targetmarketnews.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Smiley and West – Noam Chomsky: The Final Smiley and West". Oppression Monitor Daily. December 29, 2013. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Artist Of The Week: Dr. Cornel West by Tamar Anitai". MTV.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ^ "Ideological odd couple Robert George and Cornel West issue a joint statement against 'campus illiberalism'". insidehighered.com. March 16, 2017. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Higher Education in a Time of Protest: A Conversation with Robert George and Cornel West". religionandpolitics.org. May 7, 2019. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "The world's top 50 thinkers for the Covid-19 age" (PDF). Prospect. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Thomas, Ken (October 5, 2023). "Cornel West Slams Biden, Trump, and Runs as 2024 Independent". WSJ. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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