{"product_id":"blaming-the-victims-spurious-scholarship-and-the-palestinian-question-paperback","title":"Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdward W. Said\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIbrahim Abu-Lughod\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. \u003ci\u003eBlaming the Victims\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine and even to deny their very existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with a thorough expos  of the fraudulent assertions of Joan Peters concerning the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine prior to 1948, the book then turns to similar instances in Middle East research where the truth about the Palestinians has been systematically suppressed: from the bogus--though still widely believed--explanations of why so many Palestinians fled their homes in 1948, to today's distorted propaganda about PLO terrorism. The volume also includes sharp critiques of the wide consensus in the USA which supports Israel and its territorial ambitions while maintaining total silence about the competing reality of the Palestinians.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eGod Is Not Great\u003c\/i\u003e. His books published by Verso include \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Henry Kissinger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo One Left to Lie To\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missionary Position\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnacknowledged Legislation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Parthenon Marbles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHostage to History\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward W. Said\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Literature and of Kings College Cambridge, his celebrated works include \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Peace Process\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePower, Politics and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eOut of Place\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor, with Christopher Hitchens, of \u003ci\u003eBlaming the Victims\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Verso. \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e published an obituary in Nov-Dec 2003. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power and the New Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Manufacturing Consent \u003c\/i\u003e(with Ed Herman), \u003ci\u003e Deterring Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Year 501\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e World Orders Old and New\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Powers and Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Profit over People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Military Humanism \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Rogue States\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman G. Finkelstein\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Nation on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ruth Bettina Birn), named a notable book for 1998 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eImage and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.48 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978563453229,"sku":"9781859843406","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/NHdSSWkwaGZUMXFUNG5lVUIwUVlzUT09.webp?v=1775805835","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/blaming-the-victims-spurious-scholarship-and-the-palestinian-question-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}