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02975aam a2200361 i 4500 001 F6FE216001D311EEACDD33752EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230603010031 008 230307s2023 oru 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9798986788425 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1371979212 040 $a PX0 $b eng $e rda $c PX0 $d KZS $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 14 $a HM753 $b .F56 2023 082 04 $a 320.973 $2 23 100 1 $a Finkelstein, Norman G., $e author. 245 10 $a I'll burn that bridge when I get to it! : $b heretical thoughts on identity politics, cancel culture, and academic freedom / $c Norman Finkelstein. 246 3 $a I will burn that bridge when I get to it! 260 $a [Portland, OR] : $b Sublation Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 522 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Author's name is given as Norman X. Finkelstein on book's front cover. 520 $a "Norman Finkelstein first made his name while still in graduate school when he exposed an acclaimed national bestseller as a hoax. He went on in subsequent decades to subject Israel's apologists as well as Holocaust hucksters to withering scrutiny. In his new book, Finkelstein focuses his keen forensic eye on the canonical texts of identity politics. After methodically parsing them, Finkelstein concludes that they're lacking in intellectual substance. Instead, the real purpose of identity politics is to derail a class-based movement bent on radical change. In a long, scathing chapter, Finkelstein analyzes the cult surrounding Barack Obama, which he reveals as the ultimate product of identity politics. The first Black president rose to power by having, in Obama's own cynical words, "pulled off a neat trick" by standing for nothing except his skin color. If "woke" liberals embraced him, it was because, beneath his hip veneer, Obama was a sure bet to prop up the corrupt status quo. Along the way, Finkelstein recalls his own life in radical politics and his close encounters with cancel culture, which left him unemployed and unemployable. He situates his personal story within broader debates on academic freedom and poignantly concludes that, although occasionally bitter, he harbors no regrets about the choices he made. "If I can't laugh, I don't want your revolution," Finkelstein declares. Laced with his signature wit, readers of this book will get to laugh along with him." -- $c provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Polarization (Social sciences) $z United States. 650 0 $a Right and left (Political science) $z United States. 650 0 $a Cancel culture $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Academic freedom $z United States. 650 0 $a Freedom of speech $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240104011806.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230603010613.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F6FE216001D311EEACDD33752EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search