The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking classic, with a new introduction.

First published in 1993, on the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, Race Matters became a national best…

A book from one of today’s most significant public intellectuals. Contains essays on politics and philosophy, the role of the black intellectual, legal theory, and the fate of African Americans.

Taking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West s basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurgence of American pragmatism. John Dewey…

The first book–length study of Cornel West, one of Americaa s foremost public intellectuals. Outlines the main themes of his thought and discusses all of his major works, which span…

Niebuhr argues that using moral persuasion and shaming to affect the behavior of such collectives as corporations and nation states is fruitless, as these groups will inevitably seek to promote…

After a brief biographical sketch, Johnson examines West’s philosophy from his conceptions of pragmatism, existentialism, Marxism and Prophetic Christianity to his persuasive writings on black-Jewish relations, affirmative action, and the…

A memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate–all by the age of twenty-seven –Container.

H. Richard Niebuhr’s powerful interpretation of Ernst Troeltsch has shaped our view of the man for over seventy years. Troeltsch is one of the most respected and renowned figures in…