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Joel Kovel | |
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Born | Joel Stephen Kovel August 27, 1936 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | April 30, 2018 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 81)
Occupation | Scholar, writer |
Website | |
joelkovel.com (archived) |
Joel Stephen Kovel (August 27, 1936 – April 30, 2018) was an American scholar and author known as a founder of eco-socialism.[1][2][3] Kovel became a psychoanalyst, but he abandoned psychoanalysis in 1985.