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politics | Cornel West | Prophecy

The Prophetic and the Pragmatic in Cornel West

Using the language of prophecy and vocation to describe West’s campaign raises some interesting questions—not only about West but about what it means to be prophetic....

June 9, 2023

#blacklivesmatter | Cornel West | hope | prophets | W. E. B. DuBois

Cornel West and the Principle of Hope

It is worth taking the time to listen to W. E. B. Du Bois’s words from his own mouth. There are dozens of examples on the web of Du Bois addressing the Negro problem, breaking down his Marxist analysis of slavocracy, or advocating for the unity of po...

March 8, 2018