Fault Lines Special: Fascinating Interview With Professor Cornel West

[Turborama]

Run time: 23:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVl8QFhnadY   Posted on YouTube: March 11, 2010 By YouTube Member: AlJazeeraEnglish Views on YouTube: 989   Posted on DU: March 12, 2010 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1207

 
He was the first African-American to get a PhD in philosophy at Princeton.

He went on to write more than 20 books, receive more than 20 honourary degrees, to teach at Harvard and Yale, and hold classes at universities from Paris to Addis Abeba.

With his latest hip hop CD he was named "MTV's artist of the week", and he has provided futuristic philosophical commentary on all three Matrix movies.

In a famous spat with the then president of Harvard University he called Lawrence Summers "the Ariel Sharon of higher education."

Avi Lewis talks to Cornel West, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton, hip hop artist, and one of the most controversial academics in the US, about the state of democracy for African-Americans today, the Obama administration, and his dispute with Lawrence Summers.

He also shares his views on US foreign policy, the war in Afghanistan, global recession, and the growing pressure on Barack Obama.

This episode of Fault Lines airs from Thursday, March 11, at the following times GMT: Thursday: 0600, 1630; Friday: 0130, 0830; Saturday: 1130, 2330; Sunday: 0630, 2030; Monday: 1430; Tuesday: 1230, 1930; Wednesday: 0300.

The broadcast can be seen at those times here: http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english

Text from (includes very high quality version of the interview): http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/03/201031162433794100.html

(The YouTube version can be watched at a higher quality, too)

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[BlueIris]

1. Thanks for the heads up. nt

[ro1942]

2. Huge fan of Dr. West, thanks for posting

[Mari333]

3. amen dr west knr

[Speciesamused]

4. Cornel West a great intellectual who keeps it real.

I am a great admirer. Thank you for the share.

[L0oniX]

5. One of the chosen few who I greatly admire, listen to and read his books.

[Overseas]

6. K&R. Excellent interview. //nt

[liberation]

7. I don't always agree with Prof. West's points of view or articles, but I truly admire his intelect

And I am damned glad I got to read and hear some of his insights. Intellectualism in this country has been under such perennial attack, that I find people like Prof. West to be almost like national treasures. The attack has been especially virulent regarding the squashing of any minority thinker who is not willing to play by the rules of the accepted narrative being shoveled down everyone's throats in this country.

A collection of well informed an thought out positions and opinions, championed by great minds, is fundamental for a working free society. Especially if those opinions are varied and in many cases divergent or antithetical.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. How'd I miss this! Thanks for posting!

Dr. West is terrific! :applause: :hi: