Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

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Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

Cornel West

2009

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Love as action Justice Political progress Progress

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Time

2009

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Cornel West

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West, Cornell. "Cornell West's Catastrophic Love." BigThink.com, 6 Nov. 2009.

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