Cornel West and the Politics of Prophetic Pragmatism
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: August 9, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780252025785
Subjects: Black studies; Christian liberation theology; Social groups & communities; Liberation Theology; Social Stratification; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Philosophy / General; Communism and Christianity; Race relations; Racism; Social classes; United States
First sentence: IN THIS CHAPTER I examine West's synthesis of Christian and Marxist concepts of human nature, history, agency, social change, and liberation as an initial step in the larger task of deconstructing the theoretical concepts and presuppositions that constitute prophetic pragmatism.
Description: "In this critique of the work of Harvard University professor Cornel West, Mark David Wood examines West's philosophy of prophetic pragmatism. Combining elements of Christianity, pragmatism, and Marxism, West has articulated a liberationist "theology of the streets" that seeks to expand freedom and democracy throughout society.".

"Wood evaluates the political consequences of a shift in West's position from an earlier, revolutionary socialist stance to a later, progressive reformist one. Wood shows how West's subsequent reworking of Marxism supports his transition from a socialist to a progressivist politics."--BOOK JACKET.