Walter Rodney
1942–1980
“How Europe Underdeveloped Africa — political economy of empire.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TVTragic Vision7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- WPWill to Power6 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason6 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Paul GilroyFORGE
The Black Atlantic — modernity through the prism of the Middle Passage.
- Edward SaidPILGRIM
Orientalism — knowledge of "the other" as a project of empire.
- Édouard GlissantFORGE
Poetics of Relation — opacity and the archipelagic right to be unknown.
- Cheshire CalhounFORGE
Feminist philosophy — moral failure, hope, and what's worth doing.
- Linda Martín AlcoffFORGE
Visible Identities — race, gender, and the politics of social epistemology.
- C.L.R. JamesFORGE
The Black Jacobins — slaves who made themselves a republic.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Walter Rodney's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Walter Rodney or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREWalter Rodney vs Paul GilroyOn Mull's map Paul Gilroy sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶