Norman Finkelstein on how true academic freedom creates intellectual conflict

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Influential political science expert Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein discusses the tension of revolutionary thinking and academia, how intellectuals wrongly tolerated Jeffrey Epstein, the 99% perspiration of rigorous study, his clashes with prominent academics, and the crushing loss of his extended family in Auschwitz. Activist, author, and professor specializing in the study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Holocaust, Dr. Finkelstein dialogues with Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and professor of physics at Wake Forest University. See Dr. Finkelstein's profile at https://academicinfluence.com/people/norman-finkelstein-political-scientist See additional leaders in political science at https://academicinfluence.com/articles/people/most-influential-political-scientists-today