Dr. Cornel West, a leading philosopher and activist was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh this year (2024). His series, entitled "A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane" is an attempt to explore issues at the intersection of art, race, politics, and philosophy.
This is Lecture One of Six, titled a "Philosophical Prelude".
The original video link can be found here.
The YT page for the University of Edinburgh is here.
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