March 2015 JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER CURRICULUM VITAE ADDRESS Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 (541) 346-5016/5002, FAX: (541) 346-5026 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] EDUCATION BA, Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA; 1975 MA, Political Science, York University, Downsview, Ontario; 1977 PhD, Political Science, York University; 1984 (Major Area: Political Theory, Minor Area: International Relations Theory) Doctoral Dissertation: The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism: An Elaboration of Baran and Sweezy’s Approach to Political Economy (Dissertation Supervisor: Robert Albritton) FOUNDATIONS Vice President (U.S.) The World Forum for Alternatives/Forum Mondial des Alternatives, 2010-- President, Monthly Review Foundation, 2002-- Member, Board of Directors, Monthly Review Foundation, 1988-- PUBLISHING Editorships Editor, Monthly Review, January 2006-- Critical Essay Editor/Archives Editor, Organization & Environment, 2002-2011 Coeditor, Monthly Review, April 2001-December 2005 www.monthlyreview.org Acting Coeditor, Monthly Review, April 2000—April 2001 Coeditor, Organization & Environment (Sage Publishing--peer reviewed quarterly journal), 1996-2001 http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/usdetails/j0151.html 2 Editorial Boards Foundation Member of the International Advisory Board, Environmental Sociology (journal in planning stage, being launched by International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Environment and Society [RC24]), 2012—) Member Editorial Board, Organization and Environment, 2011-2012 Member, Editorial Board, World Review of Political Economy, 2010— Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Monthly Review, 1989-99 Member, Editorial Board, Capitalism, Nature and Socialism (Guilford Publications-- refereed quarterly journal), 1989-1998 Editorial Advisory Board, Historical Materialism, 2001-- PUBLICATIONS Authored Books Marx and the Earth: An Anti-Critique (co-authored with Paul Burkett), forthcoming [Leiden, Netherlands/Boston, MA: Brill, 2015), 250 pp. (currently being copyedited). The Endless Crisis: How Monopoly-Finance Capital Produces Stagnation and Upheaval from the USA to China (coauthored with Robert W. McChesney, Foster listed first, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2012), 227 pp. [Polish translation, Book and Press/Le Monde Diplomatique Polish Book Series, 2013; German translation (Hamburg: Laika Verlag), Arabic translation by Fuad Nassar Center, Ramallah, Palestine. Introduction to book excerpted as “How Monopoly-Finance Capital Leads to Economic Stagnation,” Utne Reader, October 2012.] What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism: A Citizen’s Guide to Capitalism and the Environment (co-authored with Fred Magdoff, Magdoff listed first, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2011), 187 pp. [Turkish-language translation by Original Aksakal, Trails Publishing (2014). German-language translation, Hamburg: Laika-Verlag, 2012.] The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War with the Earth (co-authored with Brett Clark and Richard York, Foster listed first, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2010), 544 pp. [Portuguese translation forthcoming from Expressao Popular 2015; German edition, (Hamburg: Laika-Verlag, 2011). Swedish translation of introduction available at Lalit magazine; French translation of the chapter on The Ecology of Consumption” in Ecologie et Politique 43 (2012), pp. 109-30.] The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2009), 319 pp. [French forthcoming from Ed. Amsterdam. German translation Hamburg: Laika- Verlag, 2012. Bangla translation being published in India by Cornerstone Books, Kharagpur. Final chapter reprinted in Briarpatch magazine, July/August 2009. French translation of chapters 8 through 11, published as Marx Écologiste (Paris: Éditions Amsterdam 2011). Korean translation being translated by Dae-Han Song for the Korean 3 Alliance of Progressive Movements. Chinese translation forthcoming from Renmin Press.] The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences (coauthored with Fred Magdoff, Foster listed first, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2009), 160 pp. [Korean translation from Eulyoo Publishers. Czech language edition published by Grimmus, Czech Republic, 2009. Spanish translation, Fondo De Cultura Económico (Spain), 2009. Indian edition (English) published by Cornerstone Books, Kharagpur, 2009. Bangla translation by Farooque Chowdhury (Dhaka: Shahitya Prakash, 2011). Arabic translation by Ateyyah Kareem Al Zafiri (Afaq Educational Services Company, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2013). Selected chapters appear in Kapitalizmin Finansal Krizi (Turkish), edited by Prof. Dr. Abdullah Ersoy (Ankara, Turkey: Imaj Publishing, 2011), 330pp.] Critique of Intelligent Design: From Antiquity to the Present (co-authored with Brett Clark and Richard York, Foster listed first, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2008), 240 pp. [Reprint of chapter 5, “Marx’s Critique of Heaven and Critique of Earth,” Monthly Review, vol. 60, no. 5 (October 2008), pp. 22-42; Chapter 5, Arabic translations in Civilized Dialogue, issue 2498 (December 17, 2008), http://www.ahewar.org/ and Free Thought, March 3, 2010.] Naked Imperialism: America’s Pursuit of Global Dominance (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2006), 192 pp. [Consists of previously published articles/chapters from Monthly Review between 2000 and 2005 with a new preface by the author. Japanese translation by Watanabe Keiko, published by arrangement through Sakai Agency, 2009. Korean translation, Renaissance Publishing Co. Korea, 2008. Indian edition (Delhi:Aakar Books, 2006). Preface translated into Bangla in Bangla Monthly Review, no. 1 (December 2006). Translated by Indrani Nandi.] Ecology Against Capitalism (New York: Monthly Review Press 2002), 176 pp. [Consists of previously published articles/chapters on ecology and capitalism written between 1992 and 2002. Portuguese translation forthcoming from Expressao Popular, 2015; German translation, Hamburg: Laika-Verlag, 2013. Indian edition (Kharagpur, India: Cornerstone Publications, 2003). Chinese translation by Geng Jianxin and Song Xingwu, (Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2006). Korean edition by Chaekalpi Publishers, 2007; (contains new preface to Korean edition by author). Greek translation, Metaixmio Editions. Bangla edition, (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Shrabon Prokoshani, 2008).] Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000), 310 pp. [Winner of the Best book award granted the Marxist Sociological Section, American Sociological Association, 2000—See below under Awards and Honors. Indonesian language edition, translated by Pius Ginting (Jakarta: Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia, 2013). German-language translation (Hamburg: Laika Verlag, 2012), translators Alp Kayserilioglu and Max Zirngast. Portuguese language edition, (Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2005). Korean language edition (Seoul: In-Gan-Sa-Rang Publishing Company, 2007). Spanish language edition, Ediciones de Intervencion Cultural/El Viejo Topo, 2004. Japanese language edition, (Tokyo: Kobushi Forum/Sakai Agency, 2004), translated by Keiko Watanabe. Persian edition, containing a new “Preface to the Persian Language Edition,” (Tehran, Digar Publishing House, 2004)—translator Akbar Masoumbeigi. Turkish language edition, (Ankara: EPOS, 2001)--contains new 4 "Preface to the Turkish Edition" by the author. Indian edition, (KharagpurI, India:Cornerstone Books, 2001). Chinese language edition (Beijing: High Education Press, 2006). Finnish language edition, Publishing Company TA, 2001.] The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1994), 160 pp. (A volume in the Cornerstone Books series; second edition, 1999.) [Chinese translation by Guo Jianren forthcoming 2013 (Beijing: Commercial Press). German translation (Hamburg: Laika-Verlag). Chapter 6, entitled “The Vulnerable Planet,” reprinted in Leslie King and Deborah McCarthy, Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005), pp. 3- 15. Bangla language edition (Dhaka: Shahitya Prakash, 2010), with a new preface by the author. Turkish language edition, (Maltepe-Ankara: EPOS Yayinlari, 2002). Japanese edition, (Tokyo: Kobushi Forum/Sakai Agency, 2001), translated by Keiko Watanabe. Telugu language edition (Andhra Padesh, India: Prajasakti), 2001. Korean language edition, (Seoul: Dongzoknara, 1996)--contains new "Preface to the Korean Edition" by author. Low cost edition, (Kharaaqpur, India: Cornerstone Publications, 1995)--for Indian market. Chinese translation, Beijing University Press.] The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism: An Elaboration of Marxian Political Economy (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1986), 280 pp. (second edition 2013, includes new introduction to second edition by author, 20 pp.] [Japanese language edition, (Tokyo: Uni Agency, 1988). “Introduction to Second Edition” published in Monthly Review 65, no. 3 (July-August 2013), pp. 107-34. Chinese Translation of “Introduction to Second Edition” forthcoming in Foreign Theoretical Trends.] Edited Books Pox Americana: Exposing the American Empire, co-edited with Robert W. McChesney (Foster listed first) (New York: Monthly Review Press/London: Pluto Press, 2004), 192 pp. Revised and expanded version of July-August 2003 special issue of Monthly Review with new material. (Contains an article co-authored by Foster and a preface and another article co-authored by Foster). [Thai translation of “Editors’