Communisme
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Communisme is a French multidisciplinary academic journal
in the field of communist studies, focusing in particular on the history of communism
, founded in 1982 by Annie Kriegel
and Stéphane Courtois
. The starting objective of the journal has been to scientifically analyze the history of communism.
In 1993, a part important of the Editorial Board show his disagree with this police evolution in studies of communism.
There are much agitation about the case of Jean Moulin
(accused as a Soviet agent) and the publication of the Black Book of Communism (under the direction of Stéphane Coutrois. Courtois place in his preface nazism and communism on the same level).
In opposition with the police history of Stéphane Courtois, there are the resignations of Bartosek Karel and Nicolas Werth (the important author of the Black book of communism), Denis Peschanskiot (the first collaborator of the journal) and other of the editorial board.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
in the field of communist studies, focusing in particular on the history of communism
History of communism
The history of the political ideology of communism hypothetically stretches all the way from the Palaeolithic up until the present day. However, most modern forms of communism are based upon Marxism, a variant of the ideology formed by the sociologist Karl Marx in the 1840s...
, founded in 1982 by Annie Kriegel
Annie Kriegel
Annie Kriegel, née Annie Becker was a French historian, a leading expert on Communist studies and the history of communism, a co-founder of the academic journal Communisme , and a columnist for Le Figaro.As a student, Kriegel was a member of the French Communist Party, but changed her...
and Stéphane Courtois
Stéphane Courtois
Stéphane Courtois is a French historian, an internationally known expert on communist studies, particularly the history of communism and communist genocides, and author of several books...
. The starting objective of the journal has been to scientifically analyze the history of communism.
In 1993, a part important of the Editorial Board show his disagree with this police evolution in studies of communism.
There are much agitation about the case of Jean Moulin
Jean Moulin
Jean Moulin was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. He is remembered today as an emblem of the Resistance primarily due to his role in unifying the French resistance under de Gaulle and his courage and death at the hands of the Germans.-Before the war:Moulin was...
(accused as a Soviet agent) and the publication of the Black Book of Communism (under the direction of Stéphane Coutrois. Courtois place in his preface nazism and communism on the same level).
In opposition with the police history of Stéphane Courtois, there are the resignations of Bartosek Karel and Nicolas Werth (the important author of the Black book of communism), Denis Peschanskiot (the first collaborator of the journal) and other of the editorial board.