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Maxime Rodinson

Born

in Marseille, France

January 26, 1915

Died

May 23, 2004

Genre

History, Nonfiction

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Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist. He was the son of a Russian-Polish clothing trader and his wife who both died in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After studying oriental languages, he became a professor of Ethiopian (Amharic) at EPHE (École Pratique des Hautes Études, France). He was the author of a rich body of work, including the book Muhammad, a biography of the prophet of Islam.

Rodinson joined the French Communist Party in 1937 for "moral reasons", but later turned away after the party's Stalinist drift. He was expelled from the party in 1958. He became well known in France when he expressed sharp criticism of Israel, particularly opposing the settlement policies of the Jewish state. Some credit him with coining the ter ...more

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	Muhammad by Maxime Rodinson, Anne Carter (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 1961 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Israel: A Colonial-Settler State? 4.13 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1973 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islam and Capitalism 3.87 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1966 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arabs by Maxime Rodinson, Arthur Goldhammer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Europe and the Mystique of Islam by Maxime Rodinson, Roger Veinus (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1980 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marxism and the Muslim World 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Israel and the Arabs (Pelican Books) 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1968 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الإسلام سياسة وعقيدة by Maxime Rodinson, مكسيم رودنسون 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cult, Ghetto And State it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre la cuestión nacional by Maxime Rodinson, Joaquim Jordà (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Respect for the faith of sincere believers cannot be allowed either to block or deflect the investigation of the historian.”
― Maxime Rodinson

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“Happiness, with its limitations, its calm or eager acceptance, its resignation to things as they are, is not made for those who are always looking beyond what they are and what they have, whose questing spirit is always reaching out for the next thing to be desired.”
― Maxime Rodinson, Muhammad

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“Islam is communism with God.”
― Maxime Rodinson

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