Cornel West

**Cornel Ronald West (lahir 2 Juni 1953)** adalah filsuf, aktivis politik, kritikus sosial, penulis, dan cendekiawan publik Amerika. Putra seorang pendeta Baptis, West berfokus pada peran ras, gender, dan kelas di masyarakat Amerika dan cara-cara orang bertindak dan bereaksi terhadap "pengkondisian radikal" mereka. Seorang demokrat radikal dan sosialis demokrat, West menarik kontribusi intelektualnya dari banyak tradisi, termasuk Kekristenan, gereja kulit hitam, Marxisme, neopragmatisme, dan transendentalisme. Di antara bukunya yang paling berpengaruh adalah *[[Race Matters]]* (1994) dan *Democracy Matters* (2004).

oalam *[[Saturday Night Live]]* oleh Kenan Thompson.

## Karya yang diterbitkan
* "Black Theology and Marxist Thought" (1979) – esai
* *Prophesy Deliverance! An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity* (1982)
* *Post-Analytic Philosophy*, edited with John Rajchman (1985)
* *Prophetic Fragments* (1988)
* *The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism* (1989)
* *Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life* (with bell hooks, 1991)
* *The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought* (1991)
* *Prophetic Thought in Postmodern Times: Beyond Eurocentrism and Multiculturalism* (1993)
* *[[Race Matters]]* (1993)
* *Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America* (1994)
* *Jews and Blacks: A Dialogue on Race, Religion, and Culture in America* (with rabbi Michael Lerner, 1995)
* *[[The Future of the Race]]* (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1996)
* *Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America* (1997)
* *The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads* (with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, 1998)
* *The Future of American Progressivism* (with Roberto Unger, 1998)
* *The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Century* (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2000)
* *Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism* (2004)
* Commentary on *[[The Matrix]]*, *[[The Matrix Reloaded]]* and *[[The Matrix Revolutions]]*; see *[[The Ultimate Matrix Collection]]* (with Ken Wilber, 2004)
* *Hope on a Tightrope: Words & Wisdom* (2008)
* *Brother West: Living & Loving Out Loud* (2009)
* *[[The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto]]* (with Tavis Smiley, 2012)
* *Pro+Agonist: The Art of Opposition* (2012)
* *Black Prophetic Fire* (2014)

## Filmografi
;Film
* *[[The Matrix Reloaded]]* (2003) sebagai Councilor West
* *[[The Matrix Revolutions]]* (2003) sebagai Councilor West
* *[[Street Fight (film)|Street Fight]]* (2005)
* *[[Examined Life]]* (2008)
* *[[The Private Lives of Pippa Lee]] * (2009) sebagai Don Sexton
* *[[Bars4justice|#Bars4Justice]]* (2015) sebagai dirinya sendiri
* *[[Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary]] * (2016) sebagai dirinya sendiri

;Televisi
* "What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?" (2012)

## Diskografi
;Album
**Sketches of My Culture* (2001)
**Street Knowledge* (2004)
**Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations* (2007) (with BMWMB)

;Penampilan tamu
* E-40 – "Born in the Struggle" from *[[Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift]]* (2011)
* Bootsy Collins – "Freedumb" from *[[Tha Funk Capital of the World]]* (2011)
* Immortal Technique – "Sign of the Times" from *[[The Martyr (album)|The Martyr]]* (2011)
* Brother Ali – "Letter to My Countrymen" from *[[Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color]]* (2012)
* Terence Blanchard – *[[Choices (Terence Blanchard album)|Choices]]* (2009)
* Terence Blanchard – *[[Breathless (Terence Blanchard album)|Breathless]]* (2015)
* Terence Blanchard – *[[Live (Terence Blanchard album)|Live]]* (2018)

## Lihat pula

* Filsafat Africana
* Filsafat Amerika
* Eksistensialisme Hitam
* Kiri Kristen
* Daftar filsuf Amerika

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