A highly intelligent and provocative book...What shines through, throughout the work, is West's firm commitment to a radical vision of philosophic discourse as inextricably linked to cultural criticism and political engagement.

Cornel West is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at Princeton University, and author of the influential Race Matters. His recent work includes two books he coauthored on public policy issues: The Future of American Progressivism and The War Against Parents.