Norman Finkelstein

Finkelstein, 2005

Norman Gary Finkelstein (sündinud 8. detsembril 1953) on Ameerika Ühendriikide publitsist ja politoloog, kelle peamised uurimisvaldkonnad on Lähis-Ida konflikt ja holokaustiga seotud poliitika.

Haridustee

Ta lõpetas 1974. aastal New Yorgis Binghamtoni ülikooli, õppis pärast seda Prantsusmaa ülikoolis École pratique des hautes études. 1980. aastal omandas Princetoni ülikoolis magistrikraadi politoloogias ning pärast seda veel doktorikraadi. Finkelstein kirjutas oma doktoritöö sionismist ja kaitses selle Princetoni ülikoolis. Seejärel töötas ta New Yorgis osalise tööajaga sotsiaaltöötajana. Ta on töötanud õppejõuna Rutgersi ülikoolis, New Yorgi Ülikoolis, Brooklyni Kolledžis, DePauli Ülikoolis Chicagos.

Akadeemiline karjäär

The Holocaust Industry

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering avaldati 2000. aastal. Finkelstein väidab selles, et Elie Wiesel kasutavad holokausti mälestust "ideoloogilise relvana".

Finkenlsteini on toetanud ka Raul Hilberg, keda peeti oma aja juhtivaks holokausti uurijaks.

Bibliograafia

• 1984: Norman Finkelstein on From Time Immemorial
• 1987: From the Jewish Question to the Jewish State: An Essay on the Theory of Zionism, thesis, Princeton University. Frankfurt (Germany) University Library owns a microfiche copy, contrary to this Israeli data set entry it lists 213 pages.
• 1995; 2001; 2003: Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Verso, ISBN 1-85984-442-1
• 1996: The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada Years. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, ISBN 0-8166-2859-9.
• 1998: A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth (koos Ruth Bettina Birniga) Henry Holt and Co., ISBN 0-8050-5872-9.
• 2000; 2001; 2003: The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering, Verso, ISBN 1-85984-488-X (eestikeelne väljaanne: Norman G. Finkelstein. Holokaustitööstus : kes ja kuidas lõikab kasumeid juutide kannatustest. Tallinn: Matrix Kirjastus, 2006. ISBN 9789949134458)
• 2005: Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. U of California P, ISBN 0-520-24598-9. 2nd updated edition, U of Cal. P. June 2008, ISBN 0520249895, contains an appendix written by Frank J. Menetrez, Dershowitz vs Finkelstein. Who's Right and Who's Wrong?, p. 363-394, [1]
• Disinformation and the Palestine Question: The Not-So-Strange Case of Joan Peter's "From Time Immemorial." in Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question. Ed. Edward W. Said and Christopher Hitchens. Verso Press, 1988. ISBN 0-86091-887-4. Chapter Two, Part One:
• Peace process or peace panic?. - The scourge of Palestinian moderation, Middle East Report, 19 (1989) 3/158 , pp. 25–26,28-30,42
• Zionist orientations, Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives. Stockholm. 9 (March 1990) 1. p. 41-69
• Bayt Sahur in year II of the intifada. - A personal account,Journal of Palestine Studies. Berkeley/Cal. 19 (Winter 1990) 2/74.p. 62-74
• Israel and Iraq. - A double standard, Journal of Palestine Studies. Berkeley/Cal. 20 (1991) 2/78. p. 43-56
• Reflections on Palestinian attitudes during the Gulf war, Journal of Palestine Studies, 21 (1992) 3/83 , p. 54-70
• Réflexions sur la responsabilité de l´État et du citoyen dans le conflit arabo-israélien (Reflections on the responsibility of state and citizen in the Arab-Israeli conflict), in Ed. L'Harmattan, L' homme et la société,1994, 114, S. 37-50
• Whither the `peace process'?, New Left Review, (1996) 218 , p. 138
• Securing occupation: The real meaning of the Wye River Memorandum, New Left Review, (1998) 232, p. 128-139
• Contributor to The Politics of Anti-Semitism. Ed. Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. AK Press, 2001. ISBN 1-902593-77-4.
• Lessons of Holocaust compensation, in Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return. Ed. Naseer Aruri. Pluto Press, 2001, S. 272-275. ISBN 0-7453-1776-6.
• Abba Eban with Footnotes, Journal of Palestine studies, Calif.: University of California Press, vol 32. (2003), p.74-89
• 2003: 'The Holocaust Industry, Second Edition, Verso, ISBN 1-85984-488-X
• Prospects for Ending the Occupation, Antipode, 35 (2003) 5 , p. 839-845
• Contributor to Radicals, Rabbis and Peacemakers: Conversations with Jewish Critics of Israel, by Seth Farber. Common Courage Press, 2005. ISBN 1-56751-326-3.
• The Camp David II negotiations. - how Dennis Ross proved the Palestinians aborted the peace process, Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 36 (2007), p. 39-53
• Dennis Ross and the peace process: subordinating Palestinian rights to Israeli "needs" Institute for Palestine Studies, 2007 ISBN 088728308X

Välislingid

• Normanfinkelstein.com