'brother West' Is Like Its Author: Brillant, Unapologetic, Full Of Passion, Yet Cool. This Poignant Memoir Traces West's Transformation From A Schoolyard Robin Hood Into A Progressive Cultural Icon. From His Youthful Investigation Of The Death Shudder To Why Em Embraced His Calling Of Teaching Over Preaching, From His Three Marriages And His Two Precious Children To His Near-fatal Bout With Prostate Cancer. West Illuminates What It Means To Live As An Aspiring Bluesman In A World Of Ideas And A Jazzman In The Life Of The Mind. -- Inside Cover. On The Move -- January 1, 1961 -- My Change -- The Bridge -- Curve Balls -- Negative Capability -- Albert Einstein And Malcolm X -- R.e.s.p.e.c.t -- What's Going On : Ludwig Wittgenstein And/or Al Green? -- David Hume And Arthur Schopenhauer In The Brooklyn Navy Yard -- The Big Block -- Brother Wash -- Moonlight Over Manhattan -- Think -- Trane -- Make Up To Break Up -- Elleni -- Prophetic Fragments -- The Way You Do The Things You Do -- African Dreams -- Race Matters -- The Dream Team -- What Matter Of Man? -- What Happened To The Squeegee Folk? -- Loss -- Just To Keep You Satisfied -- The Most Passionate Love -- Messin' With The Wrong Brother -- Womb To Tomb -- Death, Taxes, And Love -- Teachable Moments -- You Are Loved -- Going Away Blues. Cornel West With David Ritz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Ethnic Studies
- African Descent & Black
- African American Studies
- African Descent & Black
- Ethnic Studies
- Social Sciences
Publisher : SmileyBooks
Author : Cornel West,David Ritz
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2009-10-15
Number Of Pages : 288
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1401921892
ISBN-13 : 9781401921897
Item weight : 1.05 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 5.9 in x 9.1 in
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