Walter Rodney (19421980) was an intellectual, an activist, and a revolutionary who fought for a better future in many different contexts, but always for those who due to colonialism, imperialism, and underdevelopment had been oppressed for centuries. Rodney represented Pan Africanism, Black Power, and revolutionary thought at a time, when the existent order was challenged on a global scale. Through his scientific works and his activities as a »guerilla intellectual« Rodney challenged those in power and offered alternatives that especially poor and suppressed people could believe in. Rodney's relation to the Black Power movement as well as his thoughts about revolutions and their aims are central aspects of this book, which will not only highlight the historical importance of Rodney, but also show that his ideas are worth studying in the 21st century as they possess a lot of value to this today.

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Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Jacob, geb. 1984, studierte von 2004 bis 2010 an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg sowie an der Osaka University Geschichte und Japanologie. 2012 wurde er an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg im Fachbereich Japanologie mit einer Arbeit zu Geheimgesellschaften in Deutschland und Japan promoviert. Nach Tätigkeiten als Lehrbeauftragter an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität und der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf wurde er 2013 zum Wissenschaftlichen Assistenten am Lehrstuhl für Neueste Geschichte I der Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg bestellt. 2014 erhielt er einen Ruf auf eine Tenure-Track-Professur für Welt- und Globalgeschichte ab 1500 an die City University of New York, 2018 einen Ruf auf eine Professur (tenured) für Globalgeschichte (19. und 20. Jahrhundert) an die Nord Universitet, Norwegen.

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Walter Rodney (1942-1980) was an intellectual, an activist, and a revolutionary who fought for a better future in many different contexts, but always for those who - due to colonialism, imperialism, and underdevelopment - had been oppressed for centuries. Rodney represented Pan Africanism, Black Power, and revolutionary thought at a time, when the existent order was challenged on a global scale. Through his scientific works and his activities as a »guerilla intellectual« Rodney challenged those in power and offered alternatives that especially poor and suppressed people could believe in. Rodney's relation to the Black Power movement as well as his thoughts about revolutions and their aims are central aspects of this book, which will not only highlight the historical importance of Rodney, but also show that his ideas are worth studying in the 21st century as they possess a lot of value to this today.