Islam and Capitalism is a learned, engaged rebuttal of the cultural reductionism of Max Weber and others who have tried to explain the politics and society of the Middle East by reference to some unchanging entity called 'Islam,' typically characterised as instinctively hostile to capitalism.
Maxime Rodinson looks at the facts, analysing economic texts with his customary common sense, to show that Muslims never had any trouble making money.
- ISBN10 0292738161
- ISBN13 9780292738164
- Publish Date 1 November 1978 (first published 1 January 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Texas Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 309
- Language English