@article{ART002316108},
author={Park Youn Duk},
title={Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution},
journal={Korean Review of French History},
issn={1229-702X},
year={2018},
number={38},
pages={207-238},
doi={10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park Youn Duk
TI - Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution
JO - Korean Review of French History
PY - 2018
VL - null
IS - 38
PB - KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
SP - 207
EP - 238
SN - 1229-702X
AB - This article explores the life and scholarship of the prominent historian of the French Revolution, Albert Mathiez, and investigates how this critical thinker viewed World War I and the Russian Revolution. In doing so, it particularly examines the extent to which Mathiez’s observation of these two important events influenced his own research and interpretation of the French Revolution. As the student of Aulard and director of the Historical Institut of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne, Mathiez first started to study the French Revolution through the lens of the history of religion. Yet the troubles that he had with his advisor later led him to establish the Society of Robespierre Studies and the journal Revolutionary Annales, and to expand his research agenda to the political, socio-economic, and military history of the French Revolution.
The intellectual journey of Mathiez was significantly influenced by World War I and the Russian Revolution. He focused on the similarities between the French Revolutionary War and World War I, as well as the convergences between the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution. In fact, Mathiez tried to draw relevant lessons from the French Revolutionary War in a way that would shed light on the unfolding of World War I. This made him very critical of the policies of the French government of the time. In his view, the Russian Revolution was inspired by the French Revolution and learned from it, but fallen into a dictatorial regime that suppressed democracy and freedom with the rise of Stalin. Mathiez ultimately remained an independent historian as he rejected the dogmatic approaches of marxist historical methodology.
KW - Albert Mathiez;French Revolution;Russian Revolution;French Revolutionary War;World War I
DO - 10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
ER -
Park Youn Duk. (2018). Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution. Korean Review of French History, 38, 207-238.
Park Youn Duk. 2018, "Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution", Korean Review of French History, no.38, pp.207-238. Available from: doi:10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
Park Youn Duk "Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution" Korean Review of French History 38 pp.207-238 (2018) : 207.
Park Youn Duk. Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution. 2018; 38 : 207-238. Available from: doi:10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
Park Youn Duk. "Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution" Korean Review of French History no.38(2018) : 207-238.doi: 10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
Park Youn Duk. Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution. Korean Review of French History, 38, 207-238. doi: 10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
Park Youn Duk. Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution. Korean Review of French History. 2018; 38 207-238. doi: 10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
Park Youn Duk. Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution. 2018; 38 : 207-238. Available from: doi:10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
Park Youn Duk. "Albert Mathiez and the Russian Revolution" Korean Review of French History no.38(2018) : 207-238.doi: 10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.207
