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There are 28 critical essays on Cornel West.
Critical Essays on Cornel West
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 Critical Essay by Robert Gooding-Williams
9,650 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following essay, Gooding-Williams examines West's concept of “prophetic pragmatism,” its associations with the pragmatist tradition, West's reading of W. E. B. DuBois, and the problematic significance of West's “universal moral discourse.”
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Critical Essay by Leon Wieseltier
5,385 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Wieseltier provides an extended negative critique of West's social theory, philosophy, and rhetorical style. According to Wieseltier, “West's work is noisy, tedious, slippery, … sectarian, humorless, pedantic and self-endeared.”
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Interview by Cornel West with John Nichols
3,407 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following interview, West discusses American religious faith, black political action and leadership, and the possibility of radical democracy.
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Critical Essay by Rickard Donovan
3,255 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Donovan examines the historical development of American pragmatism and the philosophical underpinnings of West's social pragmatism as presented in The American Evasion of Philosophy.
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Critical Essay by John Bellamy Foster
2,581 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following essay, Foster delineates West's Marxist perspective and his approach to the problem of moral relativism as put forth in The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought.
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Critical Review by Sanford Pinsker
2,523 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following positive review of Race Matters, Pinsker examines West's observations and concerns about contemporary racial unrest.
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Critical Essay by Ellen K. Coughlin
2,201 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following essay, Coughlin discusses West's emergence as a public intellectual and his controversial social and philosophical perspectives.
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Critical Review by Arch Puddington
2,049 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following review, Puddington offers an unfavorable analysis of Race Matters and West's Leftist perspective.
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Critical Review by George Cotkin
1,947 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following excerpt, Cotkin offers a positive assessment of The American Evasion of Philosophy.
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Critical Review by Michael J. Quirk
1,800 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following review, Quirk offers a favorable evaluation of Keeping Faith, though finds that West fails to distinguish between secular and Christian pragmatism.
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Critical Essay by Eugene Goodheart
1,445 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following essay, Goodheart discusses West's innovative stance concerning the usefulness of political debate and communication between individuals rather than artificially homogenous groups.
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Critical Review by George Packer
643 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following excerpt, Packer offers a tempered assessment of Keeping Faith, citing shortcomings in West's inaccessible scholarly allusions and indefinite promptings for change.
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Critical Review by Nancy Bancroft
619 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Bancroft offers a mixed assessment of The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought, finding weakness in West's Marxist perspective and arguments.
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Critical Review by Randal Jelks
607 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Jelks offers a positive assessment of Race Matters, though disapproves of West's humorlessness and the book's title.
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Critical Essay by Tikkun
584 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following essay, the critic refutes negative criticism leveled against West by Leon Wieseltier in The New Republic.
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Critical Review by Howard Brick
564 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Brick offers a positive assessment of The American Evasion of Philosophy.
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