Jean-Yves Camus (born 1958) is a French political scientist who specializes in nationalist movements in Europe.
Life and career
Born in 1958 to a Catholic and Gaullist family, Camus is an observant Jew and describes himself as part of "the anti-totalitarian left". He earned a M.A.S. in contemporary history at Sciences Po in 1982.
He has been a researcher at the Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques since 2006 and the president of the Observatoire des radicalités politiques ("Observatory of political radicalism") at the center-left think tank Fondation Jean-Jaurès since 2014.
In February 2016, Camus was nominated member of the scientific council of the Délégation interministérielle àla lutte contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (DILCRA), directed by Dominique Schnapper.
Works
- Les Droites nationales et radicales en France, (with René Monzat), Lyon, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1992 <small>().</small>
- Dir., Les Extrémistes, de l'Atlantique àl'Oural, ÃÂditions de l'Aube, 1996 et 1998.
- Le Front national, histoire et analyse, Paris, ÃÂditions Olivier Laurens, 1996 <small>().</small>
- LâÂÂExtrême droite aujourd'hui, Toulouse, ÃÂditions Milan, ë Les essentiels û, 1997 <small>().</small>
- Le Front national, Toulouse, ÃÂditions Milan, ë Les essentiels û, 1998 <small>().</small>
- Dir., Les Extrémismes en Europe, La Tour d'Aigues, éditions de l'Aube, 1998 <small>().</small>
- Le Monde juif, (with Annie-Paule Derczansky), Toulouse, ÃÂditions Milan, ë Les essentiels û, 2001 <small>().</small>
- Extrémismes en France : faut-il en avoir peur ?, Toulouse, ÃÂditions Milan, ë Milan actu û, 2006 <small>().</small>
- Les Droites extrêmes en Europe (with Nicolas Lebourg), Paris, Le Seuil, 2015 (English translation : Far-Right Politics in Europe, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2017).
References