West, Cornel

Race matters by Cornel West ( Book )
37 editions published between 1993 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,525 libraries worldwide
Despite the increasing climate of racial hatred and violence in America, discussions of race seem to be mired in traditional liberal and conservative rhetoric. Finally Cornel West provides a transformative voice willing to go to the heart of the issues and help begin the healing of our nation. Race Matters addresses some of today's most urgent issues for black Americans - from discrimination to despair, from leadership to the legacy of Malcolm X. West has the courage to break taboos of silence in the black community, while always acknowledging the realities of race in America. West, the grandson of a Baptist minister, has fused the love ethic of the African-American religious tradition with the political insights of the Black Panthers. From his fresh perspective on race in America, West is able to untangle even the issues that have been too painful or controversial for others: the new black conservatism, black-Jewish relations, and myths about black sexuality. Philosopher, theologian, and activist, West was described by the New York Times as "a cosmopolitan public intellectual among academic specialists.... [West] makes the life of the mind exciting." Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., called West "our Black Jeremiah," and Harvard Divinity School's Dean Ronald F. Thiemann said West is "the only person on the intellectual scene capable of inheriting the mantle of Reinhold Niebuhr." Racial hierarchy, Cornel West warns, dooms us as a nation to collective paranoia and hysteria - the unmaking of any democratic order. With love and insight, West's Race Matters will help guide Americans toward a genuine multiracial democracy.

The African-American century : how Black Americans have shaped our country by Henry Louis Gates ( Book )
7 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and held by 2,353 libraries worldwide
Profiles one hundred influential African Americans who helped shape the history of the twentieth century, including revered figures in the fields of music, literature, sports, science, politics, and the civil rights movement.

Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history ( Book )
9 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 1,895 libraries worldwide

The future of the race by Henry Louis Gates ( Book )
9 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 1,763 libraries worldwide
Appendix contains: W. E. B. DuBois and "The Talented Tenth"/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "The Talented Tenth" / W. E. B. DuBois, 1903, and "The Talented Tenth Memorial Address", / W. E. B. DuBois, 1948.

Democracy matters : winning the fight against imperialism by Cornel West ( Book )
5 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,742 libraries worldwide
Explores the threats to democracy that exist both in the United States and in the Middle East, discussing the corruption that plagues our own democracy, the failure to foster peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and other crises.

Keeping faith : philosophy and race in America by Cornel West ( Book )
8 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in English and held by 1,343 libraries worldwide
In Keeping Faith, Cornel West - author of the bestselling Race Matters - puts forward his ideas about race and about philosophy. West's powerful voice ranges widely across issues of race and culture, the role of the black intellectual, politics and philosophy in America, art and architecture, questions of legal theory, and the future of liberal thought. In a time of decay and discouragement in the black community and among progressive forces at large, Keeping Faith offers new strategies to galvanize and propel a new generation of African Americans. Yet, West argues, racial subordination must be understood within the larger crises of our society. Maintaining the uniqueness of black identity and resistance, he provocatively suggests alliances with other intellectual and community-based forms of American radicalism.

Breaking bread : insurgent Black intellectual life by Bell Hooks ( Book )
7 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,201 libraries worldwide
Creating a spiritual, progressive, feminist, and ultimately organic definition of Black intellectuality, [this book] discusses issues ranging in subject matter from theology and the Left, to contemporary music, film, and fashion. -Back cover.

The war against parents : what we can do for America's beleaguered moms and dads by Sylvia Ann Hewlett ( Book )
5 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and held by 1,144 libraries worldwide
Authors Hewlett and West aver that "big business, government, and the wider culture have waged a silent war against parents, undermining the work that they do" and that "parents have been left twisting in the wind by a society intent on other agendas."

The Cornel West reader by Cornel West ( Book )
10 editions published between 1999 and 2002 in English and held by 1,071 libraries worldwide
"The best work of an always compelling, often controversial and absolutley essential philosopher of the American experience, modernity, and the human condition."

Restoring hope : conversations on the future of Black America by Cornel West ( Book )
7 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 1,021 libraries worldwide
Perhaps the most prominent public intellectual of our time, Cornel West asks nine of America's most influential artists, scholars, and public figures about the sources of hope among African Americans today: "How can we be realistic about what this nation is about and still sustain hope, acknowledging that we're up against so much?"