Henry Rousso

Born in 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt, Henry Rousso specialized in the legacies of the Vichy regime. Qualified as a University teacher and research supervisor, Rousso who once studied economic history moved onto political history. Rousso wrote in the narrative form about a variety of cultural products using psychoanalysis. His work has been highly criticized because of the use of collective memory. Rousso became a critic of his own work as well. He acknowledged that his work would need to be revised due to periodization.