Norman Finkelstein & Israel's Ties with Germany

C. G. Estabrook galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
Mon Mar 5 19:22:10 PST 2001


On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Michael Pollak wrote:


> ... Finkelstein explicitly says he got his argument about the meaning
> of the holocaust in America from Novick, but that he thought that it
> need to be stated more bluntly so that it would have more effect...

Actually, he says almost precisely the opposite:

"More a congeries of provocative apercus than a sustained critique, [Novick's book] belongs to a venerable American tradition of muckraking. Yet like most muckrakers, Novick focuses only on the most egregious abuses. Scathing and refreshing as it often is, _The Holocaust in American Life_ is not a radical critique."

Your readings of Finkelstein seem generally pejorative.

--CGE



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