Cornel West
Greetings and Tributes from the 1st Annual Symposium of The Walter Rodney Foundation
Walter Rodney was an intellectual giant and towering freedom fighter. We shall never forget his deep love for the people and vision for progressive struggle.
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual. The grandson of a Baptist minister, West focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". A socialist, West draws intellectual contributions from multiple traditions, including Christianity, the Black church, Marxism, neopragmatism, and transcendentalism. Among his most influential books are Race Matters (1994) and Democracy Matters (2004).