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Institut Maurice Thorez

French communist research institution

Institut Maurice Thorez ("Maurice Thorez Institute") was a French research institution linked to the French Communist Party. The Institute was set up in the mid-1960s (alongside the Marxist Studies and Research Centre), as part of a process of ideological reorientation of the Communist Party. These two new institutes encouraged more creative forms of applications of Marxism to theoretical and political problems.2 It ceased to exist in 1979.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1966Founded1

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Institut Maurice Thorez ("Maurice Thorez Institute") was a French research institution linked to the French Communist Party. The Institute was set up in the mid-1960s (alongside the Marxist Studies and Research Centre), as part of a process of ideological reorientation of the Communist Party. These two new institutes encouraged more creative forms of applications of Marxism to theoretical and political problems. At the Institut Maurice Thorez communist historians were able to research without strict party control. The Institute published Cahiers de l'Institut Maurice Thorez.2

Timeline

  1. 1979Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 1966Founded Founded1

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