Contributor Archive: Neil Belton
David Macey, 1949-2011
Biographer of the French intellectual Left
by Neil Belton and Peter Osborne / RP 171 (Jan/Feb 2012) / Obituary
David Macey died from complications of lung cancer on 7 October. He embodied the paradox of being a fine public intellectual while remaining an intenselyprivate person. He was one of the best intellectual historians of his generation and added appreciably to scholarly knowledge, yet did his most significant work as a freelance writer …
David Macey, 1949-2011
Biographer of the French intellectual Leftby Neil Belton and Peter Osborne / RP 171 (Jan/Feb 2012) / Obituary
David Macey died from complications of lung cancer on 7 October. He embodied the paradox of being a fine public intellectual while remaining an intenselyprivate person. He was one of the best intellectual historians of his generation and added appreciably to scholarly knowledge, yet did his most significant work as a freelance writer …