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Stéphane Courtois

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in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France

November 25, 1947

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Stéphane Courtois is a French historian and professor at the Catholic University of Vendée.

A former Maoist, Courtois specializes in the history of communism. He is director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

In 1997, Courtois published the book Le Livre noir du communisme (The Black Book of Communism), to which a large number of prominent historians contributed. It has been translated into numerous languages, sold millions of copies, and is considered one of the most influential and controversial books written about the history of communism and state socialist regimes in the 20th century.

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	The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek 4.02 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 1997 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lenin: El inventor del totalitarismo by Stéphane Courtois, Julia Escobar (Translator), Federico Jiménez Losantos (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discursul politic rus de la al Doilea Război Mondial la conflictul ruso-ucrainean by Stéphane Courtois (coord.), Galia Ackerman (coord.), Ana Ciucan Tutuianu (trad.) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Communisme et totalitarisme 3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schwarzbuch Putin by Stéphane Courtois (Editor), Galia Ackerman (Editor), Jörn Pinnow (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolusjonens Barn - Politiske utopiers makt i Norge: Venstresiden mellom demokrati og diktatur 1911-2018 by Stéphane Courtois, Torgrim Titlestad, Frode Fanebust 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire du parti communiste français by Stéphane Courtois, Marc Lazar really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le bolchevisme à la française (Divers Histoire) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cortar o mal pela raiz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dictionarul comunismului 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Black Book of Communism (2 books)
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“1918 წლის 10 აგვისტოს ლენინი სურსათით მომარაგების "ნარკომს" (სახალხო კომისარს), ციურუპას, სთავაზობს დეკრეტის პროექტს: "...მარცვლეულის მწარმოებელ ყველა რეგიონში შეძლებულთა ფენიდან შეარჩიეთ 25-30 მძევალი, რომლებიც საკუთარი სიცოცხლით აგებენ პასუხს რეკვიზიციის გეგმის შეუსრულებლობისთვის". ციურუპამ, იმის მომიზეზებით, რომ მძევლების შერჩევის ორგანიზება ძნელი იყო, წაუყრუა. მაშინ ლენინმა მას მეორე, სრულიად არაორაზროვანი მითითება გაუგზავნა: "მე მძევლების აყვანას კი არ გთავაზობთ, არამედ მათ დანიშვნას თითოეულ ოლქში. ამ დანიშვნის მიზანია, რომ მდიდრებმა, რომლებიც თავიანთ კონტრიბუციაზე აგებენ პასუხს, ასევე საკუთარი სიცოცხლით აგონ პასუხი თავიანთსავე ოლქში რეკვიზიციის გეგმის დაუყოვნებლივ შესრულებაზე.”
― Stéphane Courtois, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression

tags: communism, lenin, requisition

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“el siglo XX ha quebrantado el principio hegeliano del proceso histórico universal que afirma que “todo lo que es real es racional”, principio que invocaban los pensadores rusos del pasado siglo en las apasionadas disputas que sostuvieron durante décadas. Y es justamente ahora, en la época del triunfo del poder estatal sobre la libertad del hombre, cuando los pensadores rusos, vestidos con el traje de los campos, enuncian dándole la vuelta a la ley de Hegel el principio supremo de la historia universal: “Todo lo inhumano es insensato e inútil”. Sí, en estos tiempos de triunfo total de la inhumanidad, se ha hecho evidente que todo lo creado mediante la violencia es insensato, inútil, falto de alcance y carente de futuro»58.”
― Stéphane Courtois, El libro negro del comunismo: Crímenes, terror, represión

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“Aunque para Leszek Kolakowski, «la idea de que el mundo existente está tan completamente corrupto que es imposible mejorarlo y que, precisamente por ello, el mundo que le sucederá aportará la plenitud de la perfección y la liberación final, es una de las aberraciones más monstruosas del espíritu humano. (…) Por supuesto que esta aberración no es un invento de nuestro tiempo; pero hay que reconocer que el pensamiento religioso que opone a la totalidad de los valores temporales la fuerza de la gracia sobrenatural es mucho menos abominable que las doctrinas mundanas que nos garantizan que podemos asegurarnos nuestra salvación saltando de un brinco del abismo de los infiernos a las cimas celestes»53”
― Stéphane Courtois, El libro negro del comunismo: Crímenes, terror, represión

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