I think Norman has lost a lot of his speaking gigs, which is how he paid the bills, because he called BDS a "cult."
On Jan 31, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > Q: I think my larger question is whether there’s a role for scholars > outside of the academy? > > A: The issue is earning a living. That’s the problem. There’s no > movement anymore, there’s no material sustenance if you don’t have > academia. But there are wonderful people who in my lifetime lived > outside the academy and made great contributions. Paul Sweezy who left > Harvard when he was an economist and became the editor of Monthly > Review. Occasionally he taught an adjunct position but his entire life > was really outside the academy. Yeah there was a place, now it’s just > very difficult because what exactly are you going to do in order to > sustain yourself unless you make good money writing. And there are > people who can make good money writing but they’re pretty scarce nowadays. > > full: http://urbantimes.co/2014/01/norman-finkelstein-interview/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
