Materialisten

Materialisten (full title: Materialisten; tidsskrift for forskning, fagkritikk og teoretisk debatt) was a Norwegian journal founded in 1973 as a Marxist publication issued by AKP(m-l), the Workers' Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist). Its original purpose was to wage a "theoretical struggle particularly against the Communist University League (KUL) over who were the rightful custodians of the Marxist heritage." After a longer pause, the journal was revived in 1979 and continued publication until 2014, when it was discontinued. Throughout much of its history, Materialisten was Marxist-oriented (compare historical materialism) and tied to the ml-movement and AKP(m-l). In its final years, it was published by an independent editorial board and defined itself as a standalone journal for "research, professional critique and theoretical debate." In 2004, the journal was approved at level 1 in the Norwegian Scientific Index. It appeared until 2014 with two single issues and one double issue per year. Contributors included many affiliated with the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, as well as non-academics such as Souhaila Andrawes and Stein Lillevolden. The journal's stated aim in its later years was to serve "all who are intellectually curious, who wish to learn and understand more, who are concerned with professional critique and social critique, with the foundations and conditions of research, including how research can contribute to the struggle against oppression and unjust social conditions." It also focused on "philosophy of science topics and central issues in various disciplines, both humanities, social sciences and natural sciences." The Lund Commission report revealed that the Norwegian Surveillance Police considered being an editorial member or contributor to Materialisten as an indication of extreme political attitudes and thus grounds for registering the person in the Surveillance Police's register or work register. In a 1984 note on political extremists, presented at a 1985 working meeting on subversion where a unified registration practice in Norway was adopted, Materialisten is listed as a sub-organization of AKP ("AKP's enterprises, publications etc."), with the indication that editorial members should be registered in the Surveillance Police's register and contributors in the police's work register. The Surveillance Police's practice regarding the journal after 1996 is not known. The convicted terrorist Souhaila Andrawes sat on the editorial board for several years.

Materialisten was founded in 1973 as a Marxist journal published by AKP(m-l), the Workers' Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist). Its original purpose was to conduct a "theoretical struggle particularly against the Communist University League (KUL) over who were the rightful custodians of the Marxist heritage." After a longer pause, the journal was revived in 1979 with a more general ambition to be a Marxist-oriented journal. It was published until 2014, when it was discontinued. Throughout much of its history, Materialisten was Marxist-oriented (compare historical materialism) and tied to the ml-movement and AKP(m-l). In its final years, it was published by an independent editorial board and defined itself as a standalone journal for "research, professional critique and theoretical debate." In 2004, the journal was approved at level 1 in the Norwegian Scientific Index. It appeared until 2014 with two single issues and one double issue per year. Contributors included many affiliated with the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, as well as non-academics such as Souhaila Andrawes and Stein Lillevolden. The Lund Commission report revealed that the Norwegian Surveillance Police considered being an editorial member or contributor to Materialisten as an indication of extreme political attitudes and thus grounds for registering the person in the Surveillance Police's register or work register. In a 1984 note on political extremists, presented at a 1985 working meeting on subversion where a unified registration practice in Norway was adopted, Materialisten is listed as a sub-organization of AKP ("AKP's enterprises, publications etc."), with the indication that editorial members should be registered in the Surveillance Police's register and contributors in the police's work register. The Surveillance Police's practice regarding the journal after 1996 is not known. The convicted terrorist Souhaila Andrawes sat on the editorial board for several years.

• 2014

  Discontinued.

• 2004

  Approved at level 1 in the Norwegian Scientific Index.

• 1979

  Revived after a longer pause with a more general Marxist-oriented ambition.

• 1973

  Founded as a Marxist journal published by AKP(m-l).

A Marxist-oriented journal for research, professional critique and theoretical debate, later independent.

• Materialisten journal issues

  Published with two single issues and one double issue per year until 2014.

1. 1Materialisten – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Materialisten – Wikipedia (Norwegian)no.wikipedia.org