Books by Cornel West

No matter who wins the next election, Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But Christians report to a different king.This issue starts with a provocation. In his opening letter, editor Peter Mommsen suggests Christians are too excited about the wrong politics: ¿Questions of public justice should matter deeply to Christians. We dare not be indifferent about securing healthcare for all and ending interventionist wars; we must seek to reduce abortions and strengthen families. When an election comes, we should pray and then, perhaps, lend our support to a candidate we judge may, on balance, advance social righteousness. But if the early Christians and the Anabaptists are right, this isn¿t the politics that matters most. And so, as a matter of faithfulness, we should question how much it deserves of our passion and time. Our allegiance belongs elsewhere.¿In contrast to an election campaign, this politics may feel grittier and less glamorous. This issue of Plough Quarterly explores what this alternate vision of faithful Christian witness in the political sphere might look like.Yoüll find articles on:What two leading political theorists of left and right agree onWhat persecution taught Anabaptists about politicsThe Bruderhof¿s interactions with the stateTolstoy¿s case against making war more humaneHow some Christians read Romans 13 under fascism

"Man får ikke en egentlig systematisk analyse af raceproblemer i USA i ’Et spørgsmål om race’, men man får suveræne fortolkninger, imponerende selvkritik, eminente indsigter og en fornem opvisning i, hvordan man faktisk kan anerkende den sociale virkeligheds kompleksitet og stadig skrive på fordringen om at kæmpe for det gode, søge sandheden og forsøge at hjælpe alle i deres kampe for at gøre verden til et bedre sted." - fra Rune Lykkebergs forordEt spørgsmål om race udkom i USA i 1993 og blev straks en bestseller. Næsten 30 år senere er det stadig en af de mest originale bøger om racisme, kapitalisme og imperialisme. Bogen er første titel i Informations Forlags nye bogserie Antiracistiske klassikere. Cornel West (f. 1953) er professor, forfatter, politisk aktivist og er en af de vigtigste venstreorienterede intellektuelle i USA. Han har skrevet adskillige bøger om race, kapitalisme, demokrati og filosofi. Med Et spørgsmål om race udkommer han for første gang på dansk.

A study of American pragmatism, this book looks at all the different stages from the Emersonian roots, through the dilemma of the mid-century pragmatic intellectual up to the decline and resurgence of American pragmatism. It also discusses prophetic pragmatism.

This comprehensive text offers a systematic and thematic approach to West's philosophical work. It moves the reader through his distinctive form of prophetic pragmatism, his historicist and improvisational philosophy of religion, and his reflections on a range of cultural issues.

A collection of essays, which critique structures of power and oppression as they operate within American society and provide a way of thinking about human dignity and difference. It explores the politics and philosophy of America, the role of the black intellectual, and the fate of African Americans.