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I genuinely want to thank you, Dr Jed, for this interview that's not only genial and done in good grace, but genuinely informative and fascinating. Kudos to both of you
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I've noted something about the comments here. I quit high school in the 11th grade. It was because I had a chip on my shoulder about being lied to in school about history and about our government and Capitalism. I objected to being pushed to dislike Russia, China, etc. etc. What I have noticed here is a pile of comments about the brilliance of Dr. Finkelstein, but little corroborative comments regarding what Finkelstein was discussing. I very much respect and agree with him. I very much had the same kind of experience in totally different environment. Still we come to the same kinds of conclusions. I am now 80 years old and having lived this long outside bounds of academia can to this day say without equivocation that my judgment on the value of a high class university education in the humanities. Without a doubt, I don't regret my actions going through life without the obeisance to the authority of these institutions. People who have worked with me for years and also have grown old often remark to me what a surprise it was to them that nothing they were taught in school was the truth.
That was excellent! I was hoping to hear, as I watched the seconds count down, that there was going to be a part two. Finkelstein isn't a genius like Chomsky, but he's so intelligent, perceptive, and witty that "third-tier" is obviously not the term to describe him.
Chomsky said no need to investigate 9/11 and investigating the JFK assassination is " a waste of time"! No genius would ignore these topics! He is a gatekeeper for the CIA conspirators!
Finkelstein's story about academia and Jeffrey Eppstein was shocking and mindblowing. Academics can be as corrupted as any other group, say politicians or others. This man is integrity embodied. He really is not for sale, as he says himself.
Yes indeed. I was pretty blown away by how he described the Epstein phenomenon and what it said about the people who were around Epstein as the whole sordid thing unfolded. Shocking!
In some ways, the only difference is that one demands expensive lab equipment most of us don't have access to. Otherwise, all of it would be learnable on one's own.
Chomsky once in a mail respond to me, you hold an assumption that man have morals. Then I asked then why would one do good, anyone can life of a hypocrite life ignoring any notion of good. He simply said for community. That can only be true if community is perfect and so kind of circular reasoning. On the other hand Norman is more direct and uses simple principle of intellectual honesty. Respect to both, but Chomsky is confused about simple and important topic like morals and God. Which is fine. But he won't accept that.
@@andrasszeri4753 Lol, insulting is not a sign of smartness. Thanks for your advice though. More seriously, such attitude only shows how less character you have to love or understand these intellectuals. Otherwise you just could have just pointed out my fallacy on how chomsky didn't used circular reasoning there.
Brilliant? Fink was proven wrong on Solomon's Horse Stables, wrong on Tel Dan's Stele, and wrong on the LMKL Seals... That's just in ARCHAEOLOGY, this man's chosen field he's an "expert" in: an ABJECT, SERIAL (CONSISTENT) FAILURE. So, on issues of Arafat's so-called "Palestinians" (a group whose claims to descend from the Central MEDITERRANEAN (NON ARAB) people called Plishtim was the same year their ally, Adolf Hitler, created another fake race the "German Aryan," stolen from (pretending a connection to Hindi-Iranian culture), as EVERY GENETICIST, LINGUIST AND ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO'VE GIVEN AN OPINION UNANIMOUSLY SAY A "PHILISTINE ARAB" OR "GERMAN ARYAN" ARE HISTORICALLY... IMPOSSIBLE. So Fink begins by accepting a group's legitimate existence, which is HISTORICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, as a premise for why Israel should...even recognize them): Why would you listen to his HISTORICALLY IGNORANT AND FALSE MYTHOLOGIES regarding how this conflict evolved?? He has no expertise in history, warfare, diplomacy, or other politics, and he's proven to have gotten the historical facts CONSISTENTLY wrong, just like even in his chosen field, archaeology, other ARCHAEOLOGIST CONSISTENTLY proven him a naive kook, so he cannot even identify the problems: you cannot solve the problem if you cannot even ID the problems...the FORMATIVE (historical) evolution of the conflict. A great place to start, from a MUSLIM WHO ACTUALLY LIVED THROUGH IT, is the autobiography of THE FATHER OF THE FIRST JORDANIAN KING, the highest ranking Muslim (Grand Sharif) Abdullah Hussein, titled "My Memoirs Completed," in which he exposes the Arafat/Husayni family (Fateh) as thieving colonialist land grabbers who treated their own ppl like serfs, that the common ARAB was never allowed to OWN land for these centuries, that they rented the land from the usurious Arafat family even into the 1900's (serfdom/virtual slavery), and the scam by which the Mufti tried to steal from Jewish immigrants, which backfired.
@@awaw3454 I appreciate the time you took to concoct such a long reply, full of references and interesting points. I will surely check some of them out, thank you! However, just as you seem to biased against Dr. Finkelstein and the Palestinian cause, I am clearly biased and enamored by them. You may have guessed by my last name that the Arab struggle and the decades-long genocide of Palestinians is a lifelong concern of mine. I too have done my research and studies and after years of doing so (and disagreeing with a fair amount of positions taken by him and even Ilan Pappé, just to name a couple of scholars), I stand by my position: Dr. Finkelstein is brilliant and a hero! Wishing you a great day!
Mr Finkelstein is direct, honest, authentic, and a pursuer of truth. There's just no bs-ing this dude. He is exceedingly controversial. His life, his family history, and just him being him, as far as I can see, are there as an invitation, as it were, for one to see why he is about what he is about in his work.
"What makes me influential? I am not for sale." My commitment to truth as I understand it, I work hard. I am incorruptible." This is a tiny part of why I Respect Norman Finkelstein. Best laugh out loud moment re Dershowitz "Only one of us had read his book".
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I adore Prof. Finkelstein exactly for this reason: HE IS NOT FOR SALE ! I am also a third generation ex Israeli (Jewish) therefore I KNOW that everything that he says is the truth!
We are so glad, Dana, that you found this video! Please let other people know about it. More people need to hear from Prof. Finkelstein and some of the other "not for sale" professors we have interviewed
Fink was proven wrong on Solomon's Horse Stables, wrong on Tel Dan's Stele, and wrong on the LMKL Seals... That's just in ARCHAEOLOGY, this man's chosen field he's an "expert" in: an ABJECT, SERIAL (CONSISTENT) FAILURE. So... Why would you listen to his HISTORICALLY IGNORANT AND FALSE MYTHOLOGIES regarding how the Palistine conflict evolved?? He has no expertise in history, warfare, diplomacy, or other politics, and he's proven to have gotten the historical facts CONSISTENTLY wrong (even in ANCIENT archaeology) so he cannot even identify the problems: you cannot solve the problem if you cannot even ID the problems...the FORMATIVE (historical) evolution of the conflict.
Late to this party but I'm thrilled nonetheless to come across this terrific interview. Professor Finkelstein has long carried the weight of publicly proclaiming the atrocity committed against Palestinians. Sadly, I'm pleased to see an interview with the conscientious and courageous Professor prior to the added weight and sadness of the events of, and following, October 7, 2023. Thank you. Murder is a crime. Collective punishment is criminal genocide.
Hi Dr Jed, I was wondering how you came to interview Dr Finkelstein? I mean, he is normally been blacklisted for the last decade and more hence I was surprised that an academic from WFU would somehow get in touch? Regardless, excellent interview and Dr Finkelstein is a hero!
We interviewed him because he was ranked highly on our list of political scientists. Have you visited our ranking page? Do you know how our ranking page works? If you have questions about our algorithm, I would be happy to answer them! Thanks for commenting.
Cannot understand why Norman considers himself "NOT 1st or even 2nd tier" and "lacking" the 1% of genius, or inspiration. He UNDERestimates himself.because he DOES HAVE INTELLECTUAL GENIUS. THE man able to research the truth and speak it out in The face of all odds AND ALL OFFICIAL LIES IS A REVOLUTIONARY GENIUS. He HAS a STERLING intellect and IS a STERLING character. And his DIAGNOSE of academics&academia is LASER SHARP. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, NOT just in the USA, but EVERYWHERE in the world. In the EUROPEAN WORLD, at least. As for Derschowitz &his ilk, they are forever shown TO THE WHOLE WORLD to be what they truly are: DEPRAVED FRAUDS. THE WORLD LAUGHS AT THEM - who are so quoted! - and VORACIOUSLY READS FINKELSTEIN - who is never quoted! But who is ALWAYS READ, and EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD known and respected as a person, a RESEARCHER, AN ACADEMIC - YES, YES, YES! - and a LEADER OF OPINION.
Thank you, Oana, I couldn't agree with you more! By the way, have you seen my interview with Prof. Mungiu-Pippidi? It's at academicinfluence.com/interviews/political-science/alina-mungiu-pippidi and, though shorter, has some good stuff in it!
@@AcademicInfluence I'll watch it for your sake - you should be aware pippidi is NOT loved in Romania - She is EXACTLY THAT which NORMAN described in academia
@@oanagrossu1532 Thanks for clueing me in on how people in Romania feel. If you watch it and have thoughts about what she says, please put them in the comments, even if they are negative. I feel like it is good to hear both sides!
@@AcademicInfluence have left my comment under the pippidi interview, which I've just watched - I warn in advance on my candid reaction. (And that is FAR from all.)
Finkelstein did win the "debate" with Dershowitz on Amy Goodman's show about Dershowitz's newly published book "A Case for Israel". The book was poorly edited, and among other things contained an uncomfortable amount of text lifted from Joan Peters' book, "From Time Immemorial". And while Dershowitz had referenced the content to its original source, Finkelstein showed that the text contained elements that could only have come from the Peters book. Prior to the show, Dershowitz had made a public statement that if anyone could demonstrate factual errors in the book, he would give them $10,000. Finkelstein did just that, and offered that Dersh could donate to Jenin. In Dershowitz's defense, it was a bit of an ambush; Chomsky was supposed to be the other guest, but unknown to Dershowitz they substituted Finkelstein. Does that mitigate the points that Finkelstein was making? No, and Dershowitz was indeed guilty of questionable scholarship in the book, but it was an over-the-top attack job.
On the topic of exceptional reading lists, I once had a professor who gave each of his students a reading list at the start of the semester - covering the whole semester - that had about 10 books on it. He said that if the reading list was too long, not only would the books that were on it not be read, but neither would the reading list!
This was a fantastic interview Jed. I am a student looking into grad school and would love to ask him questions. I feel like he'd be an incredible mentor.
Great interview, he is a treasure. Please please conduct a second part of this interview where he will explain how Du Paul University mistreated him. I would love to find out what inspired him to take up the Palestinian cause. Great job Jeb.
Thanks, Rehan! I would love another interview with Dr. Finkelstein! Maybe he will be willing to do a "one year later" type of interview. This first one was so much fun!
Wish the interviewer allowed Finkelstein to finish his thoughts and not go on to the next question so quickly. Would've loved to have heard more from Finkelstein re: the farce of the education system he was discussing.
Finkelstein reminds me of Camille Paglia: to interview them, it's best to toss out a couple ideas to get them going and just leave the microphone on for the next hour.
Norman is capable of speaking at immense length on all kinds of subjects, and that is not to everybody's taste, so I think it was a useful compromise to keep a certain pace going.
Norman, you are so loved, i am christian, but its all our love for humanity, wether, muslim, jew, athiest, god's love is unlimited, you norman are a very godly man.thank you.
I'm glad you liked it! If you would like to hear more about the state of higher education, feel free to listen to the new podcast I'm co-hosting: open.spotify.com/show/3Dm0Ghd7wY7O1aLhJnfkfQ
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Professor Finklestein exhibiting character and principle, things of which there is too little of. We need to give voices like his more space so that we can aspire to moral clarity.
A final comment related to academia. Why are most academics so pathetically sensitive? If you intelligently disagree with them, they don't take it as the beginning of a discussion, or -- ha! -- an opportunity to learn something. They take it as a threat to their being.
@@lilcicero77*Thanks a lot for the tip! 🤗 (I still remember the Chomsky vs Dershowitz one, which was already quite impressive… So I’m very curious about it.).
Quite a nice interview. I had to say that first because I've got a criticism. I think you should have asked him if he regretted getting into academia as his career. When he realized that a lot of the academic culture was going to be repeats of the sham that was going on in graduate school, what did he devise as a solution to not wanting to be part of that sham? If one has true integrity, is it best to stay out of the humanities as a profession at universities? Is it strategically desirable, in terms of longevity of an academic career, to lecture in the humanities and politics but have one's professional job outside of the humanities (a little like how things ended up for Noam Chomsky)? If you both have the time, an hour long interview with him second time around would be great.
I don't presume to answer for Finkelstein, but basically, it's good for good people to keep penetrating all the Ivory Towers. Of course, some people have the temperament to do so successfully, others do not, and still more people really won't know if they can hack it unless or until they're in the milieu. Your point about an academic career outside of one's bones of contention is a good one. Besides Chomsky, Grover Furr comes to mind. He's a professor of medieval literature at Montclair State University in NJ, but is more (in)famous as a tenacious debunker of lies told about the Soviet Union in general, and Stalin in particular. Even if you don't agree with his research and analysis of Stalin (I do agree), his thesis of the anti-Stalin paradigm is quite interesting...
I just discovered Academic Influence through the Mearsheimer interview, then I discovered there is a Walt one too, and now a Norm?! This is too good to be sure.
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People can't get enough of Norman! Most of our interviews are around 20 minutes long, so this one is actually on the longer side. We hope to connect with him again in the future, since this interview has been popular.
THIS CHANNEL IS A GEM, IM FROM NYC AND GETTING MY POLI SCI DEGREE FROM JJAY. FINKLESTEIN ALWAYS SPOT ON AND THIS HOST IS CHILL ASF. IM SMOKING GOOD AND LETTING MY MIND WANDER WITH THIS
@@AcademicInfluence THANKS YOU TOO. DR FINKLESTEIN IS SPOT ON ABOUT HUMANITIES. ALOT OF POSTURING AND BAFOONERY. IM TAKING MY DEGREE TO URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN SPACE
You raise a good point. He is speaking only have one program in particular. There are probably others that are much more genuine in terms of assigning reading materials, etc. Thanks for pointing that out!
Thanks Profs, And Norman, you have been indeed a gentleman in a squalor, and I'm thinking specifically of the mess you created of the arrogant Zionist , ALL-in DEARTH-O-WITS
If only I'd known this 'don't read the books' trick, my career might have gone differently. (Though I was in Electrical Engineering, maybe you kind of actually have to read those books)
Cathryn, the funny thing about the System: it makes the rebels possible. But once the rebels blow it all up, there's nothing left to protest or counter-and funnily enough, nothing worth fighting for either. Rubble has a way of not inspiring people. ;-)
it's exactly the same as Oxford. You really, genuinely do better if you DON't read the books, as insane as that is. All the students with the top grades told me that they didn't read the books. Maybe I was naive in being shocked by that. But yes, it's a humanities thing. In the sciences I doubt you get away with that
but he iS the greatest anglophone orator in the history of recorded speech, and the only one who is equally at ease with speeches (for which he never uses notes) and in debate, which is a very different skill. Here is an example of the latter:
What a wonderful and honest talk by Dr. Norman Finkelstein! Marred, of course, by the complete inability of the Interviewer to understand. First, Jed mispronounces his Guests last name (showing a complete lack of preparation) and then, at the end, vapidly states "I like to hear about this from people like you' after Dr. Finkelstein had just spend a half hour explaining that there IS no one like him! Still, many times the best interviews are like this, when a clueless idiot confronts someone who is speaking honesty.
Dear Linda, You are completely correct that I am clueless about Dr. Finkelstein's field (and last name pronunciation!) My training is in biophysics, which is about as far afield as one can be. I'm glad that, in the end, the interview has merit. Thank you for your comments! If you have any suggestions about better intro and outro music, I will pass them to our producer.
You're not being honest, Linda. You're being an a-hole. The presenter's pronunciation is closer to how Norm's mum and dad would have said it, which is probably why he never deigns to "correct" people saying it like that, as often happens when he talks in England.
Finkelstein is my man. ‘Epstein gives you a deep insight into a side of academia…He would invite Nobel Laureates to his home in NY…Every hour a young woman would come into the room scantily clad, to massage Jeffrey Epstein…”
After the interview Dr. Finkelstein said, "Do you know who you remind me of?" I didn't really know, so he told me. "You remind me of me!" I guess he noticed the same resemblance you did!
Stalin doesn't defeated the Nazis. Stalin collaborated with the Nazis. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, from the west side. And Russians invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, from the east side. I was born in Poland 9 years after the war. Those days everybody was talking about war and 6 years of misery. I know stories direct from eyewitnesses. In Nazi concentration camps the Germans murdered 3 million Jews, The next 3 million were Polish people, Polish Gypsies, and various minority nations. The biggest horror story, many of them I heard was, that the Germans burned Poles alive with their houses for helping Jews and for hiding them from the Nazis. History says that 6 million Poles died in the war. How is it possible that 6 million Jews died and not a single Pole? Look to me that G Finkelstein went through his life poorly educated and blind. Especially if his idol was the biggest killer ever Stalin. Maybe even worse than Hitler
@@fun_ghoul I don't know what they are teaching in school now. I know everything from the people who survived the war, and my parents. Back then, everything was still fresh, and everyone remembered everything well
@@l.w.paradis2108 I don't care where he got his education from. I got my information from the eyewitnesses, and people who went through the hell, then!!! The problem is that in good schools, very often they teach twisted history
@@AcademicInfluence hello sir, I've just subscribed to your channel. I'm a PhD student at McGill University. I would love to share my experience at your channel or work on some projects together.
Thank you for this interview. Warm, respectful, intelligent interviewing of a living legend of real scholarship and truth!
Thx for sharing. Love Norman. He is a genuine man
He does leave it all on the table. Makes for a great interview.
😂😂😂
What an extraordinarily fabulous man. Really glad to have stumbled upon this video. Norman Finkelstein, I salute you sir 🙏👏👏👏
He is a truly extraordinary individual. If I talk to him again, I will pass him your salute!
@@AcademicInfluence OMG! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 🙏
Norman is an absolute hero. He lost alot in his life but gained huge respect
I agree as did some of the other political scientists I interviewed. Prof. Finkelstein is so smart (and nice!)
You don't often get people in life who are willing to sacrifice everything just for their conviction to the truth. Real genuine modesty
Norman lost his life in order for all of us to RECOVER OURS.
@@oanagrossu1532 Very true. He is more intelligent, in my opinion, than many academics who have "better" jobs.
100%!
what a brilliant mind... bravo Mr. Finkelstein and thank you for your contribution to the humanity.
Thank you for this. It is really nice to see Prof. Norman talk about his personal life and education.❤
Dr Finkelstein Personnification of truth , honesty, seriuosness , warm greetings from Algeria
Dr. Jed, a very interesting and respectful interview. Thank you.
The truth has set Norman free.
Thanks! Dr. Finkelstein was a pleasure to interview!
yes the gentleman doing the interviews really sets a very dignified tone to them.
Thank you for conducting these kinds of academic interviews, especially with someone like Dr. Finkelstein
You're welcome. Our mission is to connect learners to leaders, and by spotlighting the people who influence the academic world, we hope to help subscribers "connect" with thought leaders such as Dr. Finkelstein.
I genuinely want to thank you, Dr Jed, for this interview that's not only genial and done in good grace, but genuinely informative and fascinating. Kudos to both of you
Thanks, @Tyler, for the kind words. Dr. Finkelstein was one of the most amazing people I have interviewed so far. Please spread the news about our channel so that more people can enjoy learning about Finkelstein, Pinker, and others!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, Tyler.
I've noted something about the comments here. I quit high school in the 11th grade. It was because I had a chip on my shoulder about being lied to in school about history and about our government and Capitalism. I objected to being pushed to dislike Russia, China, etc. etc. What I have noticed here is a pile of comments about the brilliance of Dr. Finkelstein, but little corroborative comments regarding what Finkelstein was discussing. I very much respect and agree with him. I very much had the same kind of experience in totally different environment. Still we come to the same kinds of conclusions. I am now 80 years old and having lived this long outside bounds of academia can to this day say without equivocation that my judgment on the value of a high class university education in the humanities. Without a doubt, I don't regret my actions going through life without the obeisance to the authority of these institutions. People who have worked with me for years and also have grown old often remark to me what a surprise it was to them that nothing they were taught in school was the truth.
Norman knows how to be so hilarious while being straight-faced I love it. Purely sardonic :)
Yes, we have laughed many times remembering this interview. It was really fun to do!
That was excellent! I was hoping to hear, as I watched the seconds count down, that there was going to be a part two. Finkelstein isn't a genius like Chomsky, but he's so intelligent, perceptive, and witty that "third-tier" is obviously not the term to describe him.
Chomsky said no need to investigate 9/11 and investigating the JFK assassination is " a waste of time"! No genius would ignore these topics! He is a gatekeeper for the CIA conspirators!
This was a great interview, you asked good questions and gave him room to talk. Thanks for sharing, I have subscribed!
Thank you, Marius, for your kind words! I will keep doing these interviews and hope you tell your friends!
Finkelstein's story about academia and Jeffrey Eppstein was shocking and mindblowing. Academics can be as corrupted as any other group, say politicians or others. This man is integrity embodied. He really is not for sale, as he says himself.
Yes indeed. I was pretty blown away by how he described the Epstein phenomenon and what it said about the people who were around Epstein as the whole sordid thing unfolded. Shocking!
I wish I were shocked. I envy you both, and I am being sincere.
I really love the comparison he draws between physics and humanities. "There is nothing there that you cannot learn on your own"
In some ways, the only difference is that one demands expensive lab equipment most of us don't have access to. Otherwise, all of it would be learnable on one's own.
@@AcademicInfluence Thanks for your patience and letting him go on and on. Great interview!
@@justinpridham7919 It was my pleasure to let him talk!
Autodidact
True - and you don't have to beg anyone to forgive your student loans
Love this guy. Never heard so much honesty except from Chomsky.
Hi Andras! I would totally agree that Norm is one of the most honest people we have ever interviewed. Thanks for the comment!
Chomsky once in a mail respond to me, you hold an assumption that man have morals. Then I asked then why would one do good, anyone can life of a hypocrite life ignoring any notion of good. He simply said for community.
That can only be true if community is perfect and so kind of circular reasoning. On the other hand Norman is more direct and uses simple principle of intellectual honesty. Respect to both, but Chomsky is confused about simple and important topic like morals and God. Which is fine. But he won't accept that.
@@anwars817 this is the stupidest thing I have ever read. Don't quit your day job. If you have one.
@@andrasszeri4753 Lol, insulting is not a sign of smartness. Thanks for your advice though.
More seriously, such attitude only shows how less character you have to love or understand these intellectuals. Otherwise you just could have just pointed out my fallacy on how chomsky didn't used circular reasoning there.
@@anwars817 It's tough for even the smartest people to get everything right, especially morals and God!
What a brilliant mind! I can't possibly get enough of him.
I agree!
Brilliant? Fink was proven wrong on Solomon's Horse Stables, wrong on Tel Dan's Stele, and wrong on the LMKL Seals... That's just in ARCHAEOLOGY, this man's chosen field he's an "expert" in: an ABJECT, SERIAL (CONSISTENT) FAILURE.
So, on issues of Arafat's so-called "Palestinians" (a group whose claims to descend from the Central MEDITERRANEAN (NON ARAB) people called Plishtim was the same year their ally, Adolf Hitler, created another fake race the "German Aryan," stolen from (pretending a connection to Hindi-Iranian culture), as EVERY GENETICIST, LINGUIST AND ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO'VE GIVEN AN OPINION UNANIMOUSLY SAY A "PHILISTINE ARAB" OR "GERMAN ARYAN" ARE HISTORICALLY... IMPOSSIBLE. So Fink begins by accepting a group's legitimate existence, which is HISTORICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, as a premise for why Israel should...even recognize them): Why would you listen to his HISTORICALLY IGNORANT AND FALSE MYTHOLOGIES regarding how this conflict evolved?? He has no expertise in history, warfare, diplomacy, or other politics, and he's proven to have gotten the historical facts CONSISTENTLY wrong, just like even in his chosen field, archaeology, other ARCHAEOLOGIST CONSISTENTLY proven him a naive kook, so he cannot even identify the problems: you cannot solve the problem if you cannot even ID the problems...the FORMATIVE (historical) evolution of the conflict.
A great place to start, from a MUSLIM WHO ACTUALLY LIVED THROUGH IT, is the autobiography of THE FATHER OF THE FIRST JORDANIAN KING, the highest ranking Muslim (Grand Sharif) Abdullah Hussein, titled "My Memoirs Completed," in which he exposes the Arafat/Husayni family (Fateh) as thieving colonialist land grabbers who treated their own ppl like serfs, that the common ARAB was never allowed to OWN land for these centuries, that they rented the land from the usurious Arafat family even into the 1900's (serfdom/virtual slavery), and the scam by which the Mufti tried to steal from Jewish immigrants, which backfired.
@@awaw3454 I appreciate the time you took to concoct such a long reply, full of references and interesting points. I will surely check some of them out, thank you!
However, just as you seem to biased against Dr. Finkelstein and the Palestinian cause, I am clearly biased and enamored by them. You may have guessed by my last name that the Arab struggle and the decades-long genocide of Palestinians is a lifelong concern of mine. I too have done my research and studies and after years of doing so (and disagreeing with a fair amount of positions taken by him and even Ilan Pappé, just to name a couple of scholars), I stand by my position: Dr. Finkelstein is brilliant and a hero!
Wishing you a great day!
Mr Finkelstein is direct, honest, authentic, and a pursuer of truth. There's just no bs-ing this dude. He is exceedingly controversial. His life, his family history, and just him being him, as far as I can see, are there as an invitation, as it were, for one to see why he is about what he is about in his work.
"What makes me influential? I am not for sale." My commitment to truth as I understand it, I work hard. I am incorruptible." This is a tiny part of why I Respect Norman Finkelstein. Best laugh out loud moment re Dershowitz "Only one of us had read his book".
Just found this amazing (guest) man and channel.
Excellent interview and admittance to a few academic problems in the US Elite Universities that no one would talk about them.
Beautiful human, I hope he lives to share his wisdom longer still
Thanks, DH! We hope to reconnect with Dr. Finkelstein some day and expand his interview. Meanwhile, share with your friends and please subscribe if you have not already.
Dr. Norman Finkelstein is an academic juggernaut. This is what honest self - expression and a brilliant mind sounds like. 🙏
I adore Prof. Finkelstein exactly for this reason: HE IS NOT FOR SALE !
I am also a third generation ex Israeli (Jewish) therefore I KNOW that everything that he says is the truth!
We are so glad, Dana, that you found this video! Please let other people know about it. More people need to hear from Prof. Finkelstein and some of the other "not for sale" professors we have interviewed
Fink was proven wrong on Solomon's Horse Stables, wrong on Tel Dan's Stele, and wrong on the LMKL Seals... That's just in ARCHAEOLOGY, this man's chosen field he's an "expert" in: an ABJECT, SERIAL (CONSISTENT) FAILURE.
So... Why would you listen to his HISTORICALLY IGNORANT AND FALSE MYTHOLOGIES regarding how the Palistine conflict evolved?? He has no expertise in history, warfare, diplomacy, or other politics, and he's proven to have gotten the historical facts CONSISTENTLY wrong (even in ANCIENT archaeology) so he cannot even identify the problems: you cannot solve the problem if you cannot even ID the problems...the FORMATIVE (historical) evolution of the conflict.
I would love to sit and visit with Norm. As a Black man, and I only say that to share his impact, I feel like we are kindred spirits.
👌🏻👌🏾👌
Finkelstein is a treasure, thanks!
Yes, and I would never have known his story if he hadn't shared it with us. Amazing!
"Alan dershowitz avoids me like the plague" 😂 😂😂
This was a brilliant interview!
Not for sale-all respect to the intellectuals who truly cannot be bought. Love you Norman Finkelstein.🥰
Late to this party but I'm thrilled nonetheless to come across this terrific interview.
Professor Finkelstein has long carried the weight of publicly proclaiming the atrocity committed against Palestinians. Sadly, I'm pleased to see an interview with the conscientious and courageous Professor prior to the added weight and sadness of the events of, and following, October 7, 2023. Thank you.
Murder is a crime. Collective punishment is criminal genocide.
I just love this man. Not in a homosexual way but whatever nonsexual love means.
_"Love thy neighbour as thyself. Nohomo."_ -Jesus, I guess
Norman is a gem. The only one in the world.
Hi Dr Jed, I was wondering how you came to interview Dr Finkelstein? I mean, he is normally been blacklisted for the last decade and more hence I was surprised that an academic from WFU would somehow get in touch?
Regardless, excellent interview and Dr Finkelstein is a hero!
We interviewed him because he was ranked highly on our list of political scientists. Have you visited our ranking page? Do you know how our ranking page works? If you have questions about our algorithm, I would be happy to answer them! Thanks for commenting.
Cannot understand why Norman considers himself "NOT 1st or even 2nd tier" and "lacking" the 1% of genius, or inspiration. He UNDERestimates himself.because he DOES HAVE INTELLECTUAL GENIUS. THE man able to research the truth and speak it out in The face of all odds AND ALL OFFICIAL LIES IS A REVOLUTIONARY GENIUS. He HAS a STERLING intellect and IS a STERLING character. And his DIAGNOSE of academics&academia is LASER SHARP. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, NOT just in the USA, but EVERYWHERE in the world. In the EUROPEAN WORLD, at least. As for Derschowitz &his ilk, they are forever shown TO THE WHOLE WORLD to be what they truly are: DEPRAVED FRAUDS. THE WORLD LAUGHS AT THEM - who are so quoted! - and VORACIOUSLY READS FINKELSTEIN - who is never quoted! But who is ALWAYS READ, and EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD known and respected as a person, a RESEARCHER, AN ACADEMIC - YES, YES, YES! - and a LEADER OF OPINION.
Thank you, Oana, I couldn't agree with you more! By the way, have you seen my interview with Prof. Mungiu-Pippidi? It's at academicinfluence.com/interviews/political-science/alina-mungiu-pippidi and, though shorter, has some good stuff in it!
@@AcademicInfluence I'll watch it for your sake - you should be aware pippidi is NOT loved in Romania - She is EXACTLY THAT which NORMAN described in academia
@@oanagrossu1532 Thanks for clueing me in on how people in Romania feel. If you watch it and have thoughts about what she says, please put them in the comments, even if they are negative. I feel like it is good to hear both sides!
@@AcademicInfluence it SHOULD ALWAYS be THE RULE to hear both - and all! - sides!
@@AcademicInfluence have left my comment under the pippidi interview, which I've just watched - I warn in advance on my candid reaction. (And that is FAR from all.)
Finkelstein did win the "debate" with Dershowitz on Amy Goodman's show about Dershowitz's newly published book "A Case for Israel". The book was poorly edited, and among other things contained an uncomfortable amount of text lifted from Joan Peters' book, "From Time Immemorial". And while Dershowitz had referenced the content to its original source, Finkelstein showed that the text contained elements that could only have come from the Peters book. Prior to the show, Dershowitz had made a public statement that if anyone could demonstrate factual errors in the book, he would give them $10,000. Finkelstein did just that, and offered that Dersh could donate to Jenin. In Dershowitz's defense, it was a bit of an ambush; Chomsky was supposed to be the other guest, but unknown to Dershowitz they substituted Finkelstein. Does that mitigate the points that Finkelstein was making? No, and Dershowitz was indeed guilty of questionable scholarship in the book, but it was an over-the-top attack job.
A voice of moral conscience. Thank you!
You are welcome! He was such a pleasure to interview!
On the topic of exceptional reading lists, I once had a professor who gave each of his students a reading list at the start of the semester - covering the whole semester - that had about 10 books on it. He said that if the reading list was too long, not only would the books that were on it not be read, but neither would the reading list!
Wow! That's a great example of what Dr. Finkelstein was talking about. Thanks for commenting!
This was a fantastic interview Jed. I am a student looking into grad school and would love to ask him questions. I feel like he'd be an incredible mentor.
Yes, he would! I'm not sure that where he teaches has a graduate program right now, but you could look that up!
"I am not for sale" that says a lot about Norman Finkelstein
Great interview, he is a treasure. Please please conduct a second part of this interview where he will explain how Du Paul University mistreated him.
I would love to find out what inspired him to take up the Palestinian cause.
Great job Jeb.
Thanks, Rehan! I would love another interview with Dr. Finkelstein! Maybe he will be willing to do a "one year later" type of interview. This first one was so much fun!
What inspired him? He’s Jewish, most of his family was killed. What more inspiration do you need ?
@@ranro7371 You're not wrong, but...the Zionist project has brainwashed many such victims and their forebears into hating Palestinians.
Thank you Dr. Finkelstein, God bless you! ❤️
Wish the interviewer allowed Finkelstein to finish his thoughts and not go on to the next question so quickly. Would've loved to have heard more from Finkelstein re: the farce of the education system he was discussing.
Good point! @RehanKhan just said the same thing in the comments below. We will have to do another interview!
Finkelstein reminds me of Camille Paglia: to interview them, it's best to toss out a couple ideas to get them going and just leave the microphone on for the next hour.
Norman is capable of speaking at immense length on all kinds of subjects, and that is not to everybody's taste, so I think it was a useful compromise to keep a certain pace going.
Fabulous Norman..🙌🏻🧢
Yeah, he's pretty great!
Norman, you are so loved, i am christian, but its all our love for humanity, wether, muslim, jew, athiest, god's love is unlimited, you norman are a very godly man.thank you.
this was too short!
but I liked and subscribed anyway.
We appreciate the like and subscribe and are glad you enjoyed it. I really hope to interview Dr. Finkelstein again soon. Check back later!
Just found this... have to rush out side and do some work I'm looking forward the finishing this tonight
Dr. Macosko - this was a fantastic interview.
I'm glad you liked it! If you would like to hear more about the state of higher education, feel free to listen to the new podcast I'm co-hosting: open.spotify.com/show/3Dm0Ghd7wY7O1aLhJnfkfQ
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Professor Finklestein exhibiting character and principle, things of which there is too little of. We need to give voices like his more space so that we can aspire to moral clarity.
We couldn't agree more!
A final comment related to academia. Why are most academics so pathetically sensitive? If you intelligently disagree with them, they don't take it as the beginning of a discussion, or -- ha! -- an opportunity to learn something. They take it as a threat to their being.
I love the shear honesty of academia. Most realize this but prop-up the facade.
Norman telling us that he has the "receipts" He's done the reading.
Yes, he seems to have read so much!
Norman you are giant amonst men , truth is your love.and we love you.rob.
Very supportive fans of Dr. Finkelstein. We hope to speak with him again.
I disagree. I feel Mr. Finkelstein.you are 1st tier in smarts ..extreme intelligence,insight,and smarts!!!!!!!!
Nice oblique reference to Dershowitz. The one who cannot be named.
Edit: scratch that. Alan gets deservingly pilloried 3/4s through.
have you seen the Finkelstein Dershowitz debate he refers to in the interview? It really is exceptionally funny (and impressive!)
@@lilcicero77*Thanks a lot for the tip! 🤗 (I still remember the Chomsky vs Dershowitz one, which was already quite impressive… So I’m very curious about it.).
A TRUE HERO of OUR Chaotic Times. Norman Finkelstein is the Emperor of Academia.
Magnus, we like Dr. Finkelstein, but as to the assignment of titles such as "Emperor of Academia," well… ;-)
Quite a nice interview. I had to say that first because I've got a criticism.
I think you should have asked him if he regretted getting into academia as his career. When he realized that a lot of the academic culture was going to be repeats of the sham that was going on in graduate school, what did he devise as a solution to not wanting to be part of that sham? If one has true integrity, is it best to stay out of the humanities as a profession at universities? Is it strategically desirable, in terms of longevity of an academic career, to lecture in the humanities and politics but have one's professional job outside of the humanities (a little like how things ended up for Noam Chomsky)?
If you both have the time, an hour long interview with him second time around would be great.
ClearOutSamskaras, we may check back in with Dr. Finkelstein. His is one of our more popular interviews.
I don't presume to answer for Finkelstein, but basically, it's good for good people to keep penetrating all the Ivory Towers. Of course, some people have the temperament to do so successfully, others do not, and still more people really won't know if they can hack it unless or until they're in the milieu.
Your point about an academic career outside of one's bones of contention is a good one. Besides Chomsky, Grover Furr comes to mind. He's a professor of medieval literature at Montclair State University in NJ, but is more (in)famous as a tenacious debunker of lies told about the Soviet Union in general, and Stalin in particular. Even if you don't agree with his research and analysis of Stalin (I do agree), his thesis of the anti-Stalin paradigm is quite interesting...
I just discovered Academic Influence through the Mearsheimer interview, then I discovered there is a Walt one too, and now a Norm?! This is too good to be sure.
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@@AcademicInfluence I certainly will. So strange how much of a thrill one can get from just two people talking for half an hour or so.
Why was the interview so short?
People can't get enough of Norman! Most of our interviews are around 20 minutes long, so this one is actually on the longer side. We hope to connect with him again in the future, since this interview has been popular.
@@AcademicInfluence gotta cut out 2h for norm.
I went to grad school at Penn around the same time. My experience was nothing like his.
That's a good algorithm you have there.
THIS CHANNEL IS A GEM, IM FROM NYC AND GETTING MY POLI SCI DEGREE FROM JJAY.
FINKLESTEIN ALWAYS SPOT ON AND THIS HOST IS CHILL ASF. IM SMOKING GOOD AND LETTING MY MIND WANDER WITH THIS
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@@AcademicInfluence THANKS YOU TOO. DR FINKLESTEIN IS SPOT ON ABOUT HUMANITIES. ALOT OF POSTURING AND BAFOONERY.
IM TAKING MY DEGREE TO URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN SPACE
@@vinylgrailny8076 Good thinking to do something practical that will be less likely to be overrun by posturing and buffoonery!
Norman is a maverick.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ This is gold!
We love to share the most interesting people. Thanks, Shruthi!
If Norm isn't in tier 1 or 2 in smarts where the heck am i
One of the greatest and bravest men alive in academia
Yes indeed. Thank you for commenting!
I were sitting in hall I would stand up and clap.
That's what I felt like doing after interviewing him!
upton sinclair's " the goose-step " covers the university system in america.
Who was the Palestinian woman at Wake Forest who refused to “give the time of day” to Finkelstein?
The smartest Palestinian woman at Wake Forest.
Finkelstein is a great speaker of truth. But not all graduate experiences in the humanities are like his.
You raise a good point. He is speaking only have one program in particular. There are probably others that are much more genuine in terms of assigning reading materials, etc. Thanks for pointing that out!
mine was exactly like that. At a different institution, on a different continent, and in a different decade.
Thanks Profs, And Norman, you have been indeed a gentleman in a squalor, and I'm thinking specifically of the mess you created of the arrogant Zionist , ALL-in DEARTH-O-WITS
what is with this background music?
Linda, we have not forgotten your question. We're still researching. If we can find the answer, we will post it here.
If only I'd known this 'don't read the books' trick, my career might have gone differently. (Though I was in Electrical Engineering, maybe you kind of actually have to read those books)
Cathryn, the funny thing about the System: it makes the rebels possible. But once the rebels blow it all up, there's nothing left to protest or counter-and funnily enough, nothing worth fighting for either. Rubble has a way of not inspiring people. ;-)
it's exactly the same as Oxford. You really, genuinely do better if you DON't read the books, as insane as that is. All the students with the top grades told me that they didn't read the books. Maybe I was naive in being shocked by that. But yes, it's a humanities thing. In the sciences I doubt you get away with that
George Galloway and Norman Finkelstein are definitely the most manly guys we have on the left, lol.
I enjoyed reading about George Galloway. I would love to interview him!
@@AcademicInfluence Galloway is stunningly articulate. And you are very polite, so it would be a brilliant interview. He is not an academic though.
but he iS the greatest anglophone orator in the history of recorded speech, and the only one who is equally at ease with speeches (for which he never uses notes) and in debate, which is a very different skill. Here is an example of the latter:
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"What a preposterous way to introduce an item, and what a preposterous first question"
Excellent.
Glad you liked it!
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Finkelstein twice, and I was aa impressed in person as with his lectures.
@@saqibsheikh2790 I would love to meet him in person. Perhaps after COVID, this will be possible!
What a wonderful and honest talk by Dr. Norman Finkelstein! Marred, of course, by the complete inability of the Interviewer to understand. First, Jed mispronounces his Guests last name (showing a complete lack of preparation) and then, at the end, vapidly states "I like to hear about this from people like you' after Dr. Finkelstein had just spend a half hour explaining that there IS no one like him! Still, many times the best interviews are like this, when a clueless idiot confronts someone who is speaking honesty.
Dear Linda, You are completely correct that I am clueless about Dr. Finkelstein's field (and last name pronunciation!) My training is in biophysics, which is about as far afield as one can be. I'm glad that, in the end, the interview has merit. Thank you for your comments! If you have any suggestions about better intro and outro music, I will pass them to our producer.
@@AcademicInfluence Wow, you handled this very well! Class act.
You're not being honest, Linda. You're being an a-hole. The presenter's pronunciation is closer to how Norm's mum and dad would have said it, which is probably why he never deigns to "correct" people saying it like that, as often happens when he talks in England.
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Joe rogan needs to invite him
Dear Khalid, Feel free to suggest him to Joe. If you need his contact information, just let me know. Thanks for thinking of that!
JR wouldn’t... he is bought and paid for by this point
He can't. He would probably be threatened by the Mossad if he did.
If Norman is only a a third tier thinker I guess that makes me 12th tier!! 😝
I feel the same way!
Finkelstein is my man. ‘Epstein gives you a deep insight into a side of academia…He would invite Nobel Laureates to his home in NY…Every hour a young woman would come into the room scantily clad, to massage Jeffrey Epstein…”
How many people w/ iPhone’s checked their Home Screen to see if they had a text BUT it was Norm’s 📲 blowing up!? ❤😂
He is truly authentic.
The Fink is the real deal ... frauds crumble easily in his midst lol
Norman has quite the fanbase!
Dr. Norman's grad school story reminded me of Prof Kingsfield in 'The Paper Chase!' :)
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25'- great
Fink's a Mensch.
11:10
Norman F. defend human kind from those criminals that the hole world knows about
Uh...capitalists? Europeans? Or maybe you mean someone else...?
why do you have music simultaneously with the talk? How irritating
Thanks for the feedback. We open with an introduction that has some music in the background, but during the main talk it's only the speaker's voices.
The chair was a Palestinian woman!!!! Whaaaaa?
That woman was a sell out
As Africans have come to say, skin folk ain't kinfolk.
He always searches for the truth, I wonder if journalists would have accepted him.
This guy looks like he could be Finkelstein’s son
After the interview Dr. Finkelstein said, "Do you know who you remind me of?" I didn't really know, so he told me. "You remind me of me!" I guess he noticed the same resemblance you did!
Stalin doesn't defeated the Nazis. Stalin collaborated with the Nazis. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, from the west side. And Russians invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, from the east side. I was born in Poland 9 years after the war. Those days everybody was talking about war and 6 years of misery. I know stories direct from eyewitnesses. In Nazi concentration camps the Germans murdered 3 million Jews, The next 3 million were Polish people, Polish Gypsies, and various minority nations. The biggest horror story, many of them I heard was, that the Germans burned Poles alive with their houses for helping Jews and for hiding them from the Nazis. History says that 6 million Poles died in the war. How is it possible that 6 million Jews died and not a single Pole? Look to me that G Finkelstein went through his life poorly educated and blind. Especially if his idol was the biggest killer ever Stalin. Maybe even worse than Hitler
Is this what they teach in Polish schools now? Jesus Christ. 🤦🏼♂️
@@fun_ghoul I don't know what they are teaching in school now. I know everything from the people who survived the war, and my parents. Back then, everything was still fresh, and everyone remembered everything well
@@krystynafejzoski9612WHO do you think Professor Finkelstein learned about WWII from? And who do you think liberated Auschwitz?
@@l.w.paradis2108 I don't care where he got his education from. I got my information from the eyewitnesses, and people who went through the hell, then!!! The problem is that in good schools, very often they teach twisted history
@@krystynafejzoski9612 SO DID HE. Take an English class before you go on the attack again.
The two looks exactly alike
The same makeup artist worked on both.
@@AcademicInfluence hello sir, I've just subscribed to your channel. I'm a PhD student at McGill University. I would love to share my experience at your channel or work on some projects together.
@@mohameddikna2748 feel free to email me at jedmacosko@academicinfluence.com and share your experience with me!
...become "influential'on your own?
PLEASE REMOVE THIS STUPID MUSIC!!
How many people w/ iPhone’s checked their Home Screen to see if they had a text BUT it was Norm’s 📲 blowing up!? ❤😂