Norman G. Finkelstein, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History.(Book review)

From: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Farmer, Stephanie | Copyright information

Norman G. Finkelstein, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (Berkeley: U C Press, 2005), 343 pages. $22.50.

IN HIS NEW WORK BEYOND CHUTZPAH: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History Norman Finkelstein employs his method of relentlessly sifting through the labyrinthine of citations and footnotes of his interlocutors in order to expose cases of intellectual fraud that have been mobilized to defend the policies of the state...

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