Maxime Rodinson was a French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist. Rodinson's work combined sociological and Marxist theories, which, he said, helped him to understand "t...ver maisMaxime Rodinson was a French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist. Rodinson's work combined sociological and Marxist theories, which, he said, helped him to understand "that the world of Islam was subject to the same laws and tendencies as the rest of the human race."ver menos