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Roger Garaudy

ロジェ・ガロディ

Roje Garodi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-07-17 (Marseille)
Died
2012-06-13 (Chennevières-sur-Marne) age 98
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Islam
Residence History
Marseille → Chennevières-sur-Marne

Career

Occupations
philosopher, politician, author, French resistance fighter
Active Years
1933-2012
Affiliations
French Communist Party
Influenced
Rached Ghannouchi

Education

University of Clermont-Ferrand
Faculty of Arts
Degree: state doctorate
Period: 1962-1965
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: France
Doctorate in philosophy
University of Poitiers
Period: 1969-1972
Country: France

Awards

King Faisal International Prize
1986
Category: イスラムへの奉仕
Organization: King Faisal Foundation
Result: 受賞
Croix de Guerre
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞
Médaille de la déportation et de l'internement pour faits de Résistance
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Founding Myths of Modern Israel

1996 Political criticism

A book criticizing the founding myths of Israeli politics, controversial for Holocaust denial.

Anti-ZionismHolocaust denial

Bibliography

  • Literature of the Graveyard
  • Marxism and Religion
  • La théorie matérialiste de la connaissance
  • The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics

Style & Themes

Literary Style
EclecticHumanist
Recurring Motifs
Dialogue between Marxism and religionFoundations of revolutionary politics

Legacy

French philosopher and politician who transitioned from communism to Islam, convicted for Holocaust denial.

In Popular Culture

  • Supported in Iranian Holocaust denial conference

Trivia

  • Converted multiple times: Catholic to Protestant, back to Catholic, then to Islam
  • Convicted under French law for Holocaust denial