Beyond Chutzpah: On The Misuse Of Anti-Semitism And The Abuse Of History
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Editorial Reviews Book Description
In this long-awaited sequel to his international bestseller The
Holocaust Industry, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic
interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched
expose of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine
conflict.
Bringing to bear the latest findings on the conflict and recasting the
scholarly debate, Finkelstein points to a consensus among historians
and human rights organizations on the factual record. Why, then, does
so much controversy swirl around the conflict? Finkelstein's answer,
copiously documented, is that apologists for Israel contrive
controversy. Whenever Israel comes under international pressure,
another media campaign alleging a global outbreak of anti-Semitism is
mounted.
Finkelstein also scrutinizes the proliferation of distortion
masquerading as history. Recalling Joan Peters' book From Time
Immemorial, published to great fanfare in 1984 but subsequently exposed
as an academic hoax, he asks deeply troubling questions here about the
periodic reappearance of spurious scholarship and the uncritical
acclaim it receives. The most recent addition to this mendacious genre,
Finkelstein argues, is Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's
bestseller, The Case for Israel.
The core analysis of Beyond Chutzpah sets Dershowitz's assertions on
Israel's human rights record against the findings of the mainstream
human rights community. Sifting through thousands of pages of reports
from organizations such as Amnesty International, B'Tselem, and Human
Rights Watch, Finkelstein demonstrates that Dershowitz has
systematically misrepresented the facts.
Thoroughly researched and tightly argued, Beyond Chutzpah lifts the
veil of contrived controversy shrouding the Israel-Palestine conflict,
enabling readers in search of a just and lasting peace to act on the
basis of truth.
>From the Back Cover
"A very solid, important and highly informative book. Norman
Finkelstein provides extensive details and analysis, with considerable
historical depth and expert research, of a very wide range of issues
concerning Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S."--Noam Chomsky,
author of Hegemony or Survival
"The scholarship is simply superb. Finkelstein has clearly done his
homework, and consulted and mastered a breathtaking range of material:
primary sources and documents, scholarly works, reports old and new,
correspondence with relevant individuals, and numerous other sources
too. He has left no stone unturned."--Mouin Rabbani, Contributing
Editor, Middle East Report
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"Accurate, well-written, and devastatingly important."
--Daniel Boyarin, author of Unheroic Conduct and A Radical Jew
About the Author
Norman G. Finkelstein teaches Political Science at DePaul University.
His books include The Holocaust Industry (2000); A Nation on Trial
(1998; with Ruth Bettina Birn), named a notable book for 1998 by the
New York Times Sunday Book Review; and Image and Reality of the
Israel-Palestine Conflict (1995).
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Product Details
* Hardcover: 253 pages * Publisher: University of California Press
(August 1, 2005) * Language: English * ISBN: 0520245989