Johann Chapoutot
Johann Chapoutot is a professor of contemporary history at Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 in France, specializing in Nazi cultural history and contemporary political and cultural history.
His scholarly work focuses on understanding the mental universe and belief systems that underpinned Nazi ideology and actions.
Chapoutot is known for his meticulous research methodology, analyzing thousands of Nazi sources including legal texts, propaganda materials, films, and writings by Nazi intellectuals.
His approach examines how ordinary, educated people embraced extremist ideology through what he terms "normalization" of horrific acts within their worldview.
Beyond this book, he authored "La révolution culturelle nazie" (2017), further exploring Nazi cultural transformation.
