THE EMERGENCE OF ECOSOCIALISM, COLLECTED ESSAYS by Joel Kovel, is the first book by the author, activist and scholar, published posthumously. Kovel, who passed away in April 30, 2018, was a prestigious and best-selling author on psychotherapy, a militant left activist from the mid-1960s onward, an eco-theorist and an explorer of the world just beyond our sense perceptions. In 2001, Kovel co-authored "An Ecosocialist Manifesto," launching a global movement with ancient roots and prophetic horizons. Since that time, dozens of books and hundreds of articles have been published on the subject as global warming, climate change, pollution, and ecological balance becomes one of the major concerns around the world today. As a result of this growing awareness, ecosocialist movements and organizations have emerged on just about every populated continent. Here for the first time, THE EMERGENCE OF ECOSOCIALISM provides the definitive compilation of Kovel's essays on ecosocialism, chronicling the emergence of its theory and practice, which informs and educates. From the original manifestos and declarations, to undelivered speeches and unpublished essays, to classics from the Journal of Ecosocialism, which Kovel edited, THE EMERGENCE OF ECOSOCIALISM offers a 360-degree orientation guide of an ecosocialist praxis written by one of its founding fathers.