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Joel Kovel (1936-2018)
Halleck, DeeDee; Smith, Michael Steven
http://solidarity-us.org/atc/196/memoriam-joel-kovel/Date Written: 2018-09-01 Publisher: Against the Current Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23414 Obituary for psychiatrist, teacher and author Joel Kovel. Abstract: -- Excerpt: Joel Kovel was not a '60s radical. He was something more unusual. He was a '50s radical. He developed his values, his critical thinking and worldview in a time when nonconforming was rare.... His first book, White Racism: A Psychohistory (1970), was a prescient and detailed look at the persistent and deadly embedded racism that is ever present in U.S. society. He went on to write 10 other books. Joel was a modest person. But he told me (Michael) that he recognized he had a special ability, and that his unique contribution to the movement was writing these books.... Subject Headings |