John Bellamy Foster

Professor

Address: 628 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-5016
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	jfoster@monthlyreview.org

Research devoted to critical inquiries into theory and history, focusing primarily on the economic, political and ecological contradictions of capitalism and imperialism, but also encompassing the wider realm of social theory as a whole. Teaching encourages in-depth, critical exploration of history and ideology, equipping students to learn to learn on their own.

Research Interests

ecological crisis
economic crisis
imperialism
social theory

Teaching Areas

environmental sociology
social theory
marxism
political economy

Courses Taught

SOC 416	Issues in Sociology of the Environment
SOC 420	Political Economy
SOC 475	Marxist Sociological Theory

Selected Books:

Ecology Against Capitalism, 2002.

Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature, 2000.

Hungry for Profit, 2000.

The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment, 1999.

Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution, 1998.

In Defense of History: Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda, 1997.

The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism: An Elaboration of Marxian Political Economy, 1986.

The Faltering Economy: The Problem of Accumulation Under Monopoly Capitalism, 1984.

Selected Articles:

1999 "Marx's Theory of Metabolic Rift." AJS [American Journal of Sociology], September 1999.

Education

Ph.D. -- York University