Anti-Globalization Activists José Bové, Jello Biafra, Joel Kovel, Thom Yorke, Medea Benjamin, Diederik Samsom, Jerry Mander, Piquetero, Raj Patel, Ca
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ISBN-13: 9781230491332 ISBN-10: 1230491333Synopsis
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Jose Bove, Jello Biafra, Joel Kovel, Thom Yorke, Medea Benjamin, Diederik Samsom, Jerry Mander, Piquetero, Raj Patel, Carol Brouillet, Yehuda HaKohen, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Maude Barlow, John McMurtry, Albert Jacquard, Lee Kyung Hae, Rajagopal P. V., Survie, Anu Muhammad, Tim Costello, Igor Vamos, Vittorio Agnoletto, Kevin Danaher, Jacques Servin, Ewout Irrgang, Monika Hauser. Excerpt: Joel Kovel (born 27 August 1936) is an American politician, academic, writer, and eco-socialist. A practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst until the mid-1980s, he has lectured in psychiatry, anthropology, political science and communication studies. He has published many books on his work in psychiatry, psychoanalysis and political activism. Kovel is a member of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). In 1936, Kovel was born in Brooklyn, New York, and spent his childhood between Brooklyn and Long Island. He first attended Yale College and then studied medicine at Columbia University, where he gained a medical degree in 1961. Following this, he studied psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, becoming Director of Residency Training (1977-83) and Professor of Psychiatry (1979-86) at the college. He also holds a diploma in psychoanalysis from the Downstate Medical Center Institute. Kovel is married, has three children, three stepchildren and five grandchildren, and resides in Willow, a rural district of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York. Kovel is the Father-in-law of comedian Greg Fitzsimmons. Kovel took up a career in psychiatry and psychoanalysis until the mid-1980s, when he became disillusioned with the health care system. In addition to his work in Psychiatry, Kovel has been Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Faculty in the New School for Social Research; Visiting Professor of Political...