Maxime Rodinson

Maxime Rodinson (26 January 1915 – 23 May 2004) was a French 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 criticisms of Israel , particularly opposing the settlement policies of the Jewish state. Some credit him with coining the term "Islamic fascism" ( le fascisme islamique ) in 1979, which he used to describe the Iranian revolution .

Maxime Rodinson (1970) Maxime Rodinson ( ; 26 January 1915, Paris – 23 May 2004, Marseilles ) was a French 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 ( Ge'ez ) at EPHE ( École Pratique des Hautes Études , France ). He was the author of a 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 term " Islamic fascism " ( le fascisme islamique ) in 1979, which he used to describe the Iranian revolution .

Maxime Rodinson (1970) Maxime Rodinson ( ; 26 January 1915, Paris – 23 May 2004, Marseilles ) was a French 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 ( Ge'ez ) at EPHE ( École Pratique des Hautes Études , France ). He was the author of a 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 term " Islamic fascism " ( le fascisme islamique ) in 1979, which he used to describe the Iranian revolution .

French historian, sociologist and orientalist (1915–2004) Maxime Rodinson (26 January 1915 – 23 May 2004) was a French Marxist historian , sociologist and orientalist . He was the son of a Russian - Polish clothing trader and his wife, who both were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp . After studying oriental languages, he became a professor of Ge'ez at the École pratique des hautes études . He was the author of a 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 was expelled in 1958 after criticizing it. 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 term Islamic fascism ( le fascisme islamique ) in 1979, which he used to describe the Iranian revolution . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

French historian, sociologist and orientalist (1915–2004) Maxime Rodinson ( French: [ʁɔdɛ̃sɔ̃] ; 26 January 1915 – 23 May 2004) was a French historian and sociologist. Ideologically a Marxist , Rodinson was a prominent authority in oriental studies . He was the son of a Russian - Polish clothing trader and his wife, who both were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp . After studying oriental languages, he became a professor of Ge'ez at the École pratique des hautes études . He was the author of a 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 was expelled in 1958 after criticizing it. 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 term Islamic fascism ( le fascisme islamique ) in 1979, which he used to describe the Iranian Revolution .