Joel Kovel (1936-2018)
Halleck, DeeDee; Smith, Michael Steven http://solidarity-us.org/atc/196/memoriam-joel-kovel/
Publisher: Against the Current
Date Written: 01/09/2018
Year Published: 2018
Resource Type: Article
Obituary for psychiatrist, teacher and author Joel Kovel.
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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....
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