Joel Kovel

Remaking scarcity : from capitalist inefficiency to economic democracy

Foreword by Joel Kovel Preface 1. Capitalism, Scarcity and Economic Democracy 2. The Neoclassical Approach to Scarcity 3. Scarcity and Capital Accumulation 4. Scarcity, Capitalist Exploitation, and Consumption 5. Economic Democracy and the Multiplicity of Social Inequalities and Struggles 6. Capitalism, Scarcity and Global Inequalities 7. Scarcity and the Deepening Ecological Crisis 8. Imagining Economic Democracy: Two Models 9. The Way Forward: Economic Democratization as a Strategy of Reforms and Fundamental Social Change Conclusion Humorous Appendix: Austerity Nut and His Message Notes Bibliography Index

The Pitfalls of Psychologism

I was pleased to see Robert Heilbroners review of Eli Sagans At the Dawn of Tyranny in the September issue of MR. Sagans book is an important one, which raises many key issues about what may be broadly considered the subjective side of domination—issues which rarely get the attention they deserve from socialists. But these are difficult issues as well; and it is precisely because of that difficulty that I would have hoped for a more thorough treatment than Heilbroners. As his review stands, it gives the impression of uncritically accepting certain very problematic assumptions made by Sagan. While I cannot here do justice to these matters—or to the overall scope of Sagans work—I would like to suggest a few of the problems Heilbroner did not engage.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

István Mészáros' Beyond Capital

Review of Beyond Capital by Istvan Meszaros.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

Writings for a Liberation Psychology

Review of Writings for a Liberation Psychology by Ignacio Martin-Baro, edited by Adrianne Aron and Shawn Crone. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

A Serious Flaw in Kovel; A Response to W. H. Locke Anderson; A Reply to Joel Kovel

To disagree with a review in Monthly Review by its Associate Editor of a book that is dedicated to Paul Sweezy and Harry Magdoff (and to Alger Hiss) is not a task to be taken lightly. But, in as comradely a spirit as I can muster, I would like to take issue with W. H. Locke Andersons review (MR, May 1994) of Joel Kovels Red Hunting in the Promised Land.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

Remembering Ralph Miliband

The death of Ralph Miliband after a long suffering deprives the socialist world of one of its leading voices. A bastion of integrity, of intellectual power and moral intensity, of lucidity, of hope and eloquence has been taken down. The loss to those who knew and loved him is incalculable; so, too, is the loss to his students, to the Socialist Register he guided so brilliantly, and to those other radical causes to which he gave himself. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

The Spiritual Roots of Marxism

Review of Marxism and Spirituality: An International Anthology edited by Benjamin Page. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

More on the Origins of Tyranny; Reply to Sagan

I write in response to Joel Kovels serious and thoughtful rejoinder to Robert Heilbroners review of my book At the Dawn if Tyranny (MR, October 1986). My first task, it appears, is to make clear what my views of social development are.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

Marxism and Christianity

Review of Marxism: An American Christian Perspective by Arthur F. McGovern. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

A Reading of Marxism

Review of Four Lectures on Marxism by Paul Sweezy. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.