📚 18 Books mentioned in "Joe Rogan Experience #1325 - Dr. Cornel West" of The Joe Rogan Experience

Man the greatest one is called a student it's only two and a half pages It's his favorite short story

Cornel West highlights 'The Student' as Chekhov's favorite short story and recommends it.

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lydia maria child she wrote a book in 1834 called an appeal for that class of americans called africans it was deeply influenced by one of the greatest works ever written at that time by david walker appealed the colored citizens of the world

Cornel West mentions Lydia Maria Child's book 'An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans'.

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but it was aristophanes at least in the west who initiated this with the clouds and and frogs and so on

Cornel West mentions Aristophanes' play 'The Clouds' as an example of early comic writing.

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it was deeply influenced by one of the greatest works ever written at that time by david walker appealed the colored citizens of the world she's a white sister

Cornel West mentions David Walker's 'Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World'.

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that's the question thomas more was wrestling with in the tower of london before he was executed in his dialogues on tribulation

Cornel West mentions Thomas More's work where he wrestled with a question about Socrates and Jesus.

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and you see what was going on with blackface where eric lott and others have talked about the love and theft

Cornel West mentions Eric Lott and his concept/book 'Love and Theft' in the context of blackface minstrelsy.

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ryan holnieber the greatest christian thinker of the 20th century democratic socialist moral man and moral society

Cornel West mentions Reinhold Niebuhr's book 'Moral Man and Immoral Society'.

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well i can't recommend your book race matters enough and one of the reasons is because of your analysis of that your your understanding of this the superficial aspect of the pursuit that so many people are locked into from cradle to grave

Joe Rogan recommends Cornel West's book 'Race Matters' and discusses its themes.

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but it was aristophanes at least in the west who initiated this with the clouds and and frogs and so on

Cornel West mentions Aristophanes' play 'The Frogs' as an example of early comic writing.

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the great stories he tells in the autobiography of malcolm x one of the great classics really i mean more than history of american civilization

Cornel West mentions 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' as a great classic.

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you read three sisters uncle vanya you read the cherry orchard or any of the short stories

Cornel West recommends reading Chekhov's plays and stories.

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you know the first plato's text itself you know the republic was grounded in an imitation of the comic writers who were the first to really delve into everyday people's experiences

Cornel West mentions Plato's 'The Republic' as a foundational text influenced by comic writers.

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that's that's the jungle that's up to sinclair he's a socialist tried to be governor of california

Cornel West mentions Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle' in the context of child labor laws and socialist movements.

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yo mind i'm just reading the book called the birth of a korean cool by sister wong

Cornel West mentions reading 'The Birth of Korean Cool' by 'Sister Wong' (Euny Hong).

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jim crow for example by the great c van woodward uh history of jim crow which is the bible uh martin luther king said was the bible the civil rights movement

Cornel West mentions C. Vann Woodward's book about Jim Crow, calling it the 'bible' of the civil rights movement.

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you read three sisters uncle vanya you read the cherry orchard or any of the short stories

Cornel West recommends reading Chekhov's plays and stories.

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you read three sisters uncle vanya you read the cherry orchard or any of the short stories

Cornel West recommends reading Chekhov's plays and stories.

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you know the great samuel beckett number great another great comic writer try again fail again fail better that's the story of our lives

Cornel West attributes a famous quote from 'Worstward Ho' to Samuel Beckett, calling him a great comic writer.

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