Joel Kovel

Joel Kovel
Kovel in 2009
BornJoel Stephen Kovel
(1936-08-27)August 27, 1936
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 30, 2018(2018-04-30) (aged 81)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationPhysician, 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.