Posted on 08/31/2007 8:21:09 AM PDT by Froufrou
A professor whose views on the Holocaust irked critics plans to risk arrest by showing up on the first day of classes next week at DePaul University after officials canceled his courses, took away his office and put him on leave.
The private Chicago Catholic university recently informed professor Norman Finkelstein that his three courses were canceled after a dispute over tenure that drew charges of anti-Semitism against him.
Critics find issue with Finkelstein, the son of Holocaust survivors, who believes that some Jews have exploited the Holocaust. Finkelstein is the author of five books, including "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering."
When classes start on Sept. 5, Finkelstein, who teaches political theory, will return to campus in response to "an attack on academic freedom and due process," he said. He was expecting to return this semester to teach "Equality in Social Justice," "Freedom and Empowerment" and an honors seminar.
"As usual I will show up for class on the first day and go to my office. I fully expect to be arrested," Finkelstein told FOXNews.com.
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The University should ignore him. Assuming his office has not been reassigned to someone else, make sure the office door has a solid core and a new lock, then close and lock it, and ignore him.
See how long he stands outside the office door waiting for someone to let him in.
Some blacks have exploited slavery...
yes, some have.
I see no argument here.
I guess at the school, you cannot say such things.
I believe several of the playing-dumb posters on this thread actually know EXACTLY who this guy is and what he does.
Oh, how will life go on without this tool teaching these clearly valuable courses? Freedom is empowering? Gee, I think I need 4 months of lectures on this before I can really grasp the concept.
More evidence that most college education is about the biggest fraud and waste of money in the world today...
This guy, Finklestein, is a polemicist. Think “Ward Churchill.†He’s bragged that he doesn’t write scholarly articles. Read Alan Dershowitz’s essay, reprinted from the WSJ, on Dershowitz’s website.
It's called criminal tresspass. And you have all the academic freedom in the world here, go see if you can teach along with the Iranian cited "scholar" David Duke. THIS university does not owe you a podium.
Ahhhh another fine example in America from the bastions of free thought and open mindedness!
I think that's a pretty good and fair analogy. I heard him interviewed once, and he wasn't any crazed anti-Semetic ranter. He made an argument that there are Holocaust-exploiting groups that have benfitted financially.
BTW, He had a famous debate with Alan Derschowitz, where he cleaned Derschowitz's clock, that has been discussed earlier here on FR.
Good points, all. It boggles the mind what passes for educators nowadays!
Seems Finkelstein is exploiting the Holocaust as well.
“Bastions” should end with ‘ards,’ huh?
See my post above. It's fair to say that you won;t get an unbiased view of Finklestein from reading Derschowitz. Finklestein DESTROYED Derschowitx publicly in a famous debate that Dersch is still trying to recover from.
His class was cancelled. Was his office cancelled?
He doesn't have an office there. He's going to squat in someone else's office.
I notice a lot of Holocaust deniers are in academia. Norm Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky come to mind.
How does this work? Can anyone teach a class at the CPL? I have in mind a class I would call "Academic A$$hole$." I could probably have it ready in a week or two.
ML/NJ
It is puzzling to me that people who would, presumably, leap at the chance to attack Ward Churchill have come to the defense of Norman Finklestein. Those two are cut from the same cloth.
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