Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist evolutionary biologist. As a young man, he "led his local NAACP’s youth chapter."[1]
He died on May 20, 2002 at the age of sixty.
Learned Marxism at his 'Daddy's knee'
- "He was, in the words of the New York Times (May 21, 2002), 'one of the most influential evolutionary biologists of the 20th century and perhaps the best known since Charles Darwin.' He was also one of the best essayists in evolutionary science of the last two centuries, comparable in this respect perhaps only to T. H. Huxley and J. B. S. Haldane. There was, however, another side to Steve Gould excluded from the Times obituary. As he observed in his greatest work, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, published only last March, he “had learned his Marxism, literally at his daddy’s knee.”"[2]
Socialist Scholars 1997
The Democratic Socialists of America sponsored 1997 Socialist Scholars Conference was held March 28- 30 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York[3].
Workshops included Stephen Jay Gould, Meera Nanda and Alan Sokal on "Science and the Flight From Reason."
Communist "Manifestivity"
On October 30 and 31, 1998 the Brecht Forum presented the "Communist Manifestivity to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto" at Cooper Union's Great Hall, New York.
Individual endorsers of the event included Stephen Jay Gould.[4]
On October 30 and 31, 1998 the Brecht Forum presented the "Communist Manifestivity -150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto" at at Cooper Union's Great Hall, New York.
One of the many workshops at the Manifestivity was;
A Conversation with Maria Helena Alves, Barbara Fields, Sam Gindin, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Levins, Cornel West and Ellen Meiksins Wood
Socialist Scholars Conference 1990
The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:[5]
Teaching Marxism in the Classroom
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Moderator: Stephen Jay Gould, Philosophy, Connecticut State
- Paula Rothenberg, NJ Project Integrating Scholarship on Gender, Paper - Teaching Issues Race, Class, Gender and Homophobia
- Phil Presbey, Philosophy, Albertus Magnus College, Paper - Teaching Marx on a Just Distribution of Wealth
- Bill Sensiba, Political Science, Stockton State College, *Paper - Radicalizing Students at the State College
References
- ↑ [https://jacobinmag.com/2017/05/stephen-jay-gould-science-race-evolution-climate-change Remeasuring Stephen Jay Gould (accessed February 1, 2021)
- ↑ [https://monthlyreview.org/2002/07/01/mr-054-03-2002-07_0/ (accessed February 1, 2021)
- ↑ http://www.mail-archive.com/pen-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu/msg18263.html
- ↑ Mail Archive website: Communist Manifestivity Conference Schedule, Oct. 28, 1998
- ↑ Second Annual Socialist Scholars Conference program.