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Norman Finkelstein
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American political scientist (born 1953)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University. He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn…
Known for
- Reflections in Synagogue — Self2024
- The Occupation of the American Mind — Self - Author, Method and Madness2016
- Noam Chomsky: Knowledge and Power — Himself2015
- With God On Our Side — Self - Independent scholar2010
- Defamation — Self2009
- American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein — Self2009
- Battle for the Holocaust — Self (archive footage)2001
- HARDtalk1997
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Key facts
- Born
- Norman Gary Finkelstein , ( 1953-12-08 ) December 8, 1953 (age 72) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Binghamton University ( BA ) École pratique des hautes études Princeton University ( MA , PhD )
- Occupations
- Professor author
- Notable work
- The Holocaust Industry (2000)
- Website
- normanfinkelstein.com
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Official website
Norman Finkelstein
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gary
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- academic
- Educated at
- École pratique des hautes études
- Employer
- DePaul University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- political science
- Movement
- anti-Zionism
- Official website
- normanfinkelstein.com
- Image
- Norman finkelstein suffolk.jpg
- Residence
- Chicago
- Political ideology
- Maoism
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- date of birth
- 1953-12-08
- professorship
- extraordinary professor
- interested in
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- social media followers
- 49048
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
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Encyclopedic overview
Norman Gary Finkelstein (/ˈfɪŋkəlstiːn/ FING-kəl-steen; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Finkelstein was born in New York City to Jewish Holocaust-survivor parents. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University. 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. In 2006, the department and college committees at DePaul University voted to grant Finkelstein tenure. For undisclosed reasons the university administration did not tenure him, and he announced his resignation after coming to a settlement with the university.
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