Cornel West

Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, academic, activist, author, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is a 1973 graduate of Harvard University and received his PhD at Princeton University. He is currently a professor of African American Studies at Princeton and of Religious Philosophy and Christian Studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Cornel West talks a lot about truth — about the need for truth-telling and being true to oneself. For 30 years, the Princeton University professor, recognized as one of the leading intellectuals of his generation, has been on a mission to tell it as he sees it. And the best-selling author and cultural commentator has never been at a loss for subjects: love, justice, politics, race, history, religion.