Joel Kovel
Joel Kovel | |
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Kovel in 2009 | |
| Born | Joel Stephen Kovel August 27, 1936 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 2018 (aged 81) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Physician, scholar, human rights activist, writer |
| Website | |
| joelkovel.com (archived) | |
Joel Stephen Kovel (August 27, 1936 – April 30, 2018) was an American psychiatrist, scholar, human rights activist, and author known as a founder of eco-socialism. Kovel became a psychoanalyst, but he abandoned psychoanalysis in 1985.