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Joel Kovel
JOEL KOVEL (1936–2018) was a scholar and author, known as a founder of the worldwide ecosocialist movement. Originally trained as a physician and psychoanalyst, Kovel was a former professor at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine and Bard College. Author of a dozen books, he played a leading role in the emerging ecosocialist movement through his book, The Enemy of Nature (2002, 2007), editing the journal, Capitalism Nature Socialism (2003-2011) and the cofounder of Ecosocialist Horizons. His other books include History and Spirit (1991) and Overcoming Zionism (2007). His last book was his memoir, The Lost Traveller’s Dream (2017). A life-long revolutionary activist, Kovel has lectured on every populated continent, and his writings have been translated into Spanish, Turkish, Japanese and Chinese. During the 1980s Kovel began working with radical priests in Nicaragua, and in 2012 converted to Christianity through baptism into the Episcopal Church. The Emergence of Ecosocialism (2019) is Joel Kovel’s first posthumous work.
