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Pragmatist philosopher and public intellectual — Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary · Princeton University (emeritus) · United States · d. 2 June 1953
The thinker who joins American pragmatism to debates about race, religion and democracy. He holds the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair in Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary.
Twice this autumn Cornel West shares a stage with the conservative Catholic jurist Robert P. George. The double act is charming and much praised. It is also worth interrogating: what does it show about West's philosophy of truth, and what does it quietly assume about who gets to argue well?
Cornel West, Elizabeth Anderson, Alasdair MacIntyre
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The Union Theological Seminary philosopher told Al Jazeera that both major parties serve entrenched power. He gave a series of university lectures across the United States in the spring.
Cornel West
