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“I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It by Norman Finkelstein” is a good book that you can read online or download to read it later. Before starting the reading or downloading, here is the summary of the book that you can read.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.

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Norman Finkelstein’s book, “I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It,” is a brilliant book, rigorously argued with ample documentation and evidence, contrary to the suggestions of Tariq Ali and a reviewer at Henry Holt. It is a funny and lively book. The literary qualities of the book are worthy of P.G. Woodhouse and George Orwell. If anything, the amount of documentation that Norm Finkelstein’s brings to support his arguments is overwhelming. Clearly the author put a vast amount of work and reading.There are several aspects of this book that I appreciate very much.First, the italicized quotes from Sinclair Lewis’ novel are so appropriate to Obama. Finkelstein makes a very judicious use of the quotes from Lewis and applies to Obama’s personality, behavior, and inflated ego.Second, Finkelstein refers to the life and the works of Frederick Douglas and W.E.B. Dubois in contrasting with the views of Kimberle Crenshaw, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robin DiAngelo, and Ibram X. Kendi. The contrast is illuminating and powerful. To be sure, Finkelstein does not hesitate to point out the faults and failings of Douglas and Dubois.