Dershowitz Vs. Finkelstein: Who's Right and Whos' Wrong?

The feud between Alan Dershowitz, a senior professor at Harvard Law School, and Norman Finkelstein, a junior professor of political science at DePaul University, is back in the news. Finkelstein is up for tenure this year, and Dershowitz has been waging an aggressive campaign against him. Both Finkelstein's department and an outside committee voted in favor of tenure, but the dean then recommended against it. As of this writing, the university has not made ... Full Story »

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by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

The most thorough analysis I've seen on this stinging high-profile feud. Dershowitz is mustering all his clout to get Finkelstein's tenure denied. He even wrote a recent op-ed about it in the WSJ. I've been following this closely from both sides and this looks like character assassination. Dershowitz says Finkelstein makes ad hominems, but Dershowitz seems to be the one really doing that since his insults aren't even backed up by any argument about the content of Finkelstein's work, which is highly regarded.

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