Stéphane Courtois (born November 25, 1947) is a French
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... historian
Historian
A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time.... .
He is currently employed as research director (i.e. senior research scientist) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), in the Géode (group of study and observation of democracy) at University Paris X. He is editor of the journal Communisme and part of the Cercle de l'Oratoire
Cercle de l'Oratoire
The Cercle de l'Oratoire is a French think tank created a short time after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Since 2006, it edits a journal, Le Meilleur des mondes.... think tank.
Communism is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarianism, classlessness, stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general.... (though once a Maoist himself), he became known worldwide as the editor of The Black Book of Communism
The Black Book of Communism
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a book which describes a history of repressions, both political and civilian, by Communist states, including Extrajudicial punishments, deportations, and artificial famines.... , which sold millions of copies in several languages.
