Brett Clark is an American sociologist working as a professor of
sociology
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at the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
. From 2008 to 2012, he was an assistant professor at
North Carolina State University
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. His areas of interest are
ecology
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,
political economy
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and
science
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.
Career
He is the author of several books, including ''The Science and Humanism of
Stephen Jay Gould
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'' (with Richard York), ''The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth'' (with
John Bellamy Foster
John Bellamy Foster (born August 19, 1953) is an American professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the ''Monthly Review''. He writes about political economy of capitalism and economic crisis, ecology and ecological crisis, ...
and Richard York), and ''Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism Versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present'' (with
John Bellamy Foster
John Bellamy Foster (born August 19, 1953) is an American professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the ''Monthly Review''. He writes about political economy of capitalism and economic crisis, ecology and ecological crisis, ...
and Richard York).
He has published articles in the ''American Journal of Sociology'', ''Social Problems'', ''Social Science Research'', ''Theory and Society'', ''Sociological Inquiry'', ''The Sociological Quarterly'', ''Organization & Environment'', ''Population & Environment'', ''Global Environmental Politics'', ''Urban Studies'', ''Journal of Agrarian Change'', ''Society & Natural Resources'', ''International Journal of Comparative Sociology'', ''Nature & Culture'', ''
Monthly Review
The ''Monthly Review'' is an independent socialist magazine published monthly in New York City. Established in 1949, the publication is the longest continuously published socialist magazine in the United States.
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'', and other scholarly publications.
He received the 2007 Outstanding Publication Award from the Environment and Technology Section of the
American Sociological Association
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for a series of articles published with Richard York.
See also
*Monthly Review
The ''Monthly Review'' is an independent socialist magazine published monthly in New York City. Established in 1949, the publication is the longest continuously published socialist magazine in the United States.
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References
External links
''The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould''
from Monthly Review Press
The ''Monthly Review'' is an independent Socialism, socialist magazine published monthly in New York City. Established in 1949, the publication is the longest continuously published socialist magazine in the United States.
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''The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth''
from Monthly Review Press
The ''Monthly Review'' is an independent Socialism, socialist magazine published monthly in New York City. Established in 1949, the publication is the longest continuously published socialist magazine in the United States.
History Establishment ...
''Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present''
from Monthly Review Press
The ''Monthly Review'' is an independent Socialism, socialist magazine published monthly in New York City. Established in 1949, the publication is the longest continuously published socialist magazine in the United States.
History Establishment ...
University of Utah Department of Sociology
Living people
American sociologists
American socialists
Marxist theorists
American essayists
American male essayists
American political writers
North Carolina socialists
Utah socialists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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