Prophesy Deliverance Book Review: Cornel West and Charles Long, 1982

00:00:03 An unidentified man calls the session to order and introduces Charles Long.|00:01:10 Charles Long introduces the book by Cornel West.|00:2:10 Cornel West introduces his book “Prophesy Deliverance,” and its central aim and philosophical underpinnings. He discusses the African American in the modern world and DuBois’s double consciousness.|00:09:28 West talks about going back as to look at why it is not until 1685 that the notion of race as a way of dividing humanity comes into existence.|00:11:01 He talks about one of the major limitations of Black theology, claiming the inability to take seriously the need for a social theory that attempts to account for the various forms of oppression in the Afro-American experience not only in terms of race, but economic exploitation of Black working class.|00:13:18 Talks about the lack of the tragic element in prophetic religious thought.|00:16:07 Charles Long responds to Cornel West’s presentation. He talks about the general context of Cornel West’s book. He states Cornel’s book is a radical critique.|00:21:38 Talks about how Black thinkers need to know thought in order to get in the game.|00:23:59 Talks about imperialistic structure behind epistemology.|00:31:58 Questions and answers.|00:48:54 Audio ends.