Enemy of Nature

Joel Kovel is Distinguished Professor of Social Studies at Bard College. He has written ten books, including the first edition of The Enemy of Nature (2002) and Overcoming Zionism (2007). He has edited the journal of radical ecology, Capitalism Nature Socialism, since 2003 and has been active in Green politics, running for the US Senate in 1998, and seeking the party's presidential nomination in 2000.

Joel Kovel has brought us a persuasive, passionate and hopeful ecosocialist manifesto. He shows how problems from toxic pollution to globalized poverty reflect the inner logic of capitalism, and extends the lessons of Marxism and other radical traditions to illuminate a path toward an ethical and ecological revolution. This book offers much food for thought to all who seek a systemic understanding of today's social and ecological crises.

• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionPart I - The CulpritChapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - The Ecological CrisisChapter 3 - CapitalChapter 4 - CapitalismPart II - The Domination of NatureChapter 5 - On EcologiesChapter 6 - Capital and the Domination of NaturePart III - EcosocialismIntroductionChapter 7 - Critique of Actually Existing EcopoliticsChapter 8 - PrefigurationChapter 9: EcosocialismAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex