Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering is a 2000 book by norman finkelstein, in which the author argues that the american jewish establishment exploits the memory of the nazi holocaust for political and financial gain, as well as to further the interests of israel. Apart from his parents, every member of finkelsteins family, on both sides, was exterminated in the nazi holocaust. He is a graduate of binghamton university and received his ph. He lost his bid for a lifelong post after a four to three vote of the promotions and tenure board. Articulating the key holocaust dogmas, much of the literature on hitlers final solution is worthless as scholarship. The american jewish scholar is one of the worlds leading experts on the israelpalestine conflict and the political legacy of the nazi holocaust. University denies tenure to outspoken holocaust academic. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering pdf epub book. He has held faculty positions at brooklyn college, rutgers university, hunter college, new york university, and depaul university, where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering by norman g. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. All it is, is an ideological weapon of israel and its supporters to immunize israel and its supporters from criticism.
Because the holocaust memorial day has nothing to do with the nazi holocaust. Imagining a shared state in palestineisrael request pdf. Norman finkelstein, author of the holocaust industry, now has less than a year remaining on his contract with the political sciences department of depaul university in chicago. See what was written on that supposed report and youll be astonished by the fact that such bullshit could have been taken seriously. His primary fields of research are the israelipalestinian conflict and the politics of the holocaust. Uniqueness of jewish sufferinguniqueness of the jews, everguilty gentileseverinnocent jews, unconditional defense of israelunconditional defense of jewish interests. Norman gary finkelstein is an american political scientist, activist, professor, and author. Norman finkelstein has mention this example a couple of times but i deleted it, because of the comparision you made about israel. Finkelstein book free download 288 pages free download or read online the holocaust industry. If past, present, and future merge into gauzy sameness, no authentic change can be expected even though it might be fervently wished. The holocaust and the myth of the past as history, by. The holocaust industry has nothing to do with the nazi holocaust.
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