Dr. Cornel West
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Dr. Cornel West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual. A prominent voice in civil rights, democratic socialism, and anti-racism, his work bridges prophetic Christian theology, Marxism, pragmatism, and Black radical thought. West has held professorships and academic chairs at Harvard University, Princeton University, Union Theological Seminary, and Yale University, writing extensively on race, class, democracy, and justice—including seminal books such
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• Union Theological Seminary (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice)
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About: - Dr. Cornel West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual. A prominent voice in civil rights, democratic socialism, and anti-racism, his work bridges prophetic Christian theology, Marxism, pragmatism, and Black radical thought. West has held professorships and academic chairs at Harvard University, Princeton University, Union Theological Seminary, and Yale University, writing extensively on race, class, democracy, and justice—including seminal books such as Race Matters (1993) and Democracy Matters (2004). Throughout his career, he has been a prominent activist in grassroots anti-poverty, anti-war, and civil rights movements, maintaining strong public solidarity with anti-caste, South Asian human rights, and global liberation movements.