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Title

Marxism and the Muslim world / Maxime Rodinson ; foreword by Gilbert Achcar.

Author

Rodinson, Maxime

Publication

London : Zed Books, 2015.

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Description

229 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, Maxime Rodinson's Marxist analyses of contemporary politics and economics in the Muslim world are more salient than ever. In this collection, Rodinson emphasizes the economic and political, rather than religious, characteristics of Islam, covering topics like the history of the Marxist movement in the Islamic Middle East; the dialogue between socialism and Islam, and Marxism and Arab nationalism; the relationship between national conflicts and class struggle, and the history of communism in Arab states such as Syria and Egypt. Unashamedly political and polemical, Rodinson offers an insightful picture of political Islam and Marxism, and their profound implications for the Arab working class and the future of the region.--

Series Statement

Critique, influence, change ; 12

Uniform Title

Critique, influence, change ; 12.

Subject

• Communism > Arab countries
• Communism and Islam

Note

• "Marxism and the Muslim world was first published in French by Editions du Seuil in 1972, and in the English, with a new preface by the author, by Zed Books, in 1979"--T.p.verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 1783603364
• 9781783603367

OCLC

• 906537261
• SCSB-12375990

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library