Science in a Skeptical Age
June 1, 1998
John Gillot and Manjit Kumar, Science and the Retreat from Reason (Monthly Review Press, 1997), 288 pp., $18. � We live in a skeptical age. All of the basic concepts… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Ecology
The Scale of Our Ecological Crisis
April 1, 1998
John Bellamy Foster, is a member of the Board of the Monthly Review Foundation, teaches sociology at the University of Oregon and is coeditor of Organization & Environment. He is… READ MORE
Marxism, Metaphors, and Ecological Politics; Rejoinder to Harvey
March 1, 1998
David Harvey teaches in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at The John Hopkins University. His books include Social Justice and the City; The Limits to Capital; The Condition… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, November 1997
November 1, 1997
Ecology, a.k.a. environmental studies, is a relatively new area of scientific interest, mostly a product of the second half of the twentieth century and rapidly growing as the century draws… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 1997
May 1, 1997
In this space in last summer’s double issue of MR, we directed attention to the work of a worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., especially its annual State of the World,… READ MORE
The Political Economy of Hybrid Corn
July 1, 1986
Richard C. Lewontin (1929-2021), the world-famous geneticist and evolutionary biologist, was for many years a close friend, associate, and supporter of Monthly Review, writing numerous times for the magazine and… READ MORE