Maxime Rodinson

Maxime Rodinson ( born January 26, 1915 in Marseille, † 23 May, 2004 Paris) was a French Marxist historian and orientalist.

Rodinsons parents were Russian-Polish Jews who had emigrated to France before his birth. They were abducted and killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Rodinson studied Oriental languages ​​and became a professor at the École Pratique for Ge'ez des Hautes Études.

In 1968 he founded together with Jacques Berque the " research and action group for Palestine".

Works

In German translation

  • The fascination of Islam. C. H. Beck Verlag 1985.
  • Islam and capitalism. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Science 1986.
  • The Arabs. Suhrkamp Verlag 1998.

Original works in French

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