Norman G Finkelstein – författare

In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it has today.Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski and Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes from some of the very people who profess most passionately to defend it. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries and legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket

America’s most canceled intellectual presents a scorching defence of free thought and a devastating indictment of a left that has lost its way.Norman Finkelstein made his name debunking Israel’s apologists and exposing the cynical weaponization of Jewish history. In this work, Finkelstein trains that same forensic eye on identity politics writ large.After methodically parsing the canonical identity-politics texts, Finkelstein concludes that they’re lacking in intellectual substance. Instead, the real purpose of identity politics is to derail a class-based movement bent on radical change.Finkelstein shows how the cult surrounding Barack Obama used identity politics to burnish a status quo president’s radical sheen. When a truly progressive movement cohered around presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, these “woke” liberals mobilised identity politics to discredit him.Along the way, Finkelstein recalls his own life in radical politics and his close encounters with cancel culture, which left him unemployed and unemployable. He situates his personal story within broader debates on academic freedom and poignantly concludes that, although occasionally bitter, he harbors no regrets about the choices he made.“If I can’t laugh, I don’t want your revolution,” Finkelstein declares. Laced with his signature wit, readers of this book will get to laugh along with him.This revised edition of Finkelstein’s instant classic features a new chapter dissecting the Supreme Court's landmark decisions on affirmative action. In a bracingly original analysis, Finkelstein shows the stark limits of affirmative action discourse in the face of an economic system that is fundamentally rigged.

Meticulously researched and tightly argued, "Beyond Chutzpah" points to a consensus among historians and human rights organizations on the factual record of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Norman G. Finkelstein exposes the corruption of scholarship and the contrivance of controversy shrouding human rights abuses, and interrogates the new anti-Semitism. This paperback edition adds a preface analyzing recent developments in the conflict, and a new afterword on Israel's construction of a wall in the West Bank.

In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel''s evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it has today.Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski and Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism''s victims comes from some of the very people who profess most passionately to defend it. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries and legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket

First published in 1995, this acclaimed study challenges generally accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition critically reexamines dominant popular and scholarly images in the light of the current failures of the peace process.

In Beyond Chutzpah, Norman Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched expos� of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine conflict, especially in the work of Alan Dershowitz. Pointing to a consensus among historians and human rights organizations on the factual record, Finkelstein argues that so much controversy continues to swirl around the conflict because apologists for Israel contrive it.This paperback edition includes a new preface examining recent developments in the Israel-Palestine conflict and the misuse of anti-semitism, and a new chapter analysing the controversy surrounding Israel''s construction of the West Bank wall.

First published in 1995, this acclaimed study challenges generally accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition critically reexamines dominant popular and scholarly images in the light of the current failures of the peace process.

Die »Holocaust-Industrie« – das bedeutet für Norman Finkelstein die moralische und finanzielle Ausbeutung jüdischer Leiden. Seine Analyse ist zugleich eine leidenschaftliche Anklage: Er wendet sich gegen die Interessenverbände, die den Holocaust für eigene Zwecke nutzen, häufig auf Kosten der Opfer. Er kritisiert die Verkitschung des Gedenkens, die die Würde der Opfer beleidigt. Außerdem wirft er den USA und Israel vor, den Holocaust zu instrumentalisieren, um von eigenen Problemen abzulenken. Mit seinen provokanten Thesen hat Finkelstein eine erbitterte Debatte ausgelöst.

Si hay que vincular a un pensador y ensayista con el axhaustivo análisis de la brutal historia de los palestinos, ese no puede ser otro que Norman G. Finkelstein. Ningún erudito ha hecho más para arrojar luz sobre el trato implacable de Israel contra los palestinos como él. En Gaza, el último ensayo del autor sobre el conflicto palestino-israelí, detalla meticulosamente las masacres de palestinos de Israel en ese pequeño enclave, mientras desmonta los mitos que de Israel han inventado sus partidarios para disfrazar esta catástrofe y estos crímenes contra la humanidad.

Como bien señala Norman G. Finkelstein en este nuevo, polémico y conciso libro, si examinamos de cerca los motivos de Israel para atacar Gaza, comprobaremos que se trata de un Estado cuyo repetido recurso a la guerra más salvaje dista mucho de ser irracional. Lo cierto es que los ataques de Israel han sido diseñados para sabotear un posible compromiso de paz con los palestinos, aunque sus términos le favorezcan.