David Macey, 1949-2011

Biographer of the French intellectual Left

RP 171 Neil Belton, Peter Osborne

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 outside the [...]

A sudden topicality

Marx, Nietzsche and the politics of crisis

RP 160 Peter Osborne

Marx, Nietzsche and the politics of crisis

114 Reviews

RP 114 Peter Osborne, David Cunningham, Jon Goodbun, Stella Sandford, Alessandra Tanesini, David Macey

Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom, eds, New British Philosophy: The Interviews Peter Osborne Stuart Elden, Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History David Harvey, Spaces of Capital: Towards a Critical Geography David Cunningham and Jon Goodbun Nancy Bauer, Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy and Feminism Stella Sandford Wendy Brown, Politics Out [...]

110 Reviews

RP 110 Fredric Jameson, David Macey, Roger Harris, Terence Sullivan, Sean Sayers, Andrew McGettigan, Dominic Willsdon, Jocelyn Maclure

Georg Lukács, A Defence of History and Class Consciousness: Tailism and the Dialectic Fredric Jameson Julia Kristeva, The Sense and Non-sense of Revolt: The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis Dominique Lecourt, The Mediocracy: French Philosophy since the Mid-1970s David Macey Christopher Norris, Minding the Gap: Epistemology and Philosophy of Science in the Two Traditions Roger [...]

109 Reviews

RP 109 David Macey, Jean-Jacques Lecercle, Alessandra Tanesini, Andrew Fisher, Robin Durie, Ben Watson, Nathan Widder, Roger Harris, David Murray, Mark Neocleous

Ted Honderich, Philosopher: A Kind of Life David Macey Peter Osborne, Philosophy in Cultural Theory Jean-Jacques Lecercle Will Kymlicka, Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Alessandra Tanesini Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Neo-Avant-garde and Culture Industry: Essays on European and American Art from 1955 to 1975 Andrew Fisher Stella Sandford, The Metaphysics of Love: Gender [...]

Jean Laplanche

The other within - Rethinking psychoanalysis

RP 102 John Fletcher, Peter Osborne , Jean Laplanche

Jean Laplanche is the most original and philosophically informed psychoanalytic theorist of his day. Setting out from a critical reconstruction of Freudʼs terminology, he has developed a systematic rethinking of psychoanalytic metapsychology under the heading of a ʻgeneral theory of seductionʼ. Still best known in Britain for his early joint work with Pontalis – ʻFantasy [...]

85 Reviews

RP 085 Gordon Finlayson, Alex Callinicos, David Snelling, Gill Howie, David Archard, Ian Hunt, David Macey, Francesca Cauchi, Margaret Whitford, Paul Gilbert, Ian Craib, Diana Coole

Peter Osborne, The Politics of Time: Modernity and Avant-Garde Gordon Finlayson Michael Rosen, On Voluntary Servitude: False Consciousness and the Theory of Ideology Alex Callinicos Jacques Bouveresse, Wittgenstein Reads Freud: The Myth of the Unconscious Donald Levy, Freud Among the Philosophers: The Psychoanalytic Unconscious and its Philosophical Critics David Snelling Linda Martín Alcoff, Real Knowing: [...]

80 Reviews

RP 080 Peter Osborne, Richard Bellamy, Nick Smith, David Archard, David Macey, Andrew Collier, Stella Sandford, Gideon Calder, Francesca Cauchi, David McLellan, Garin V. Dowd, Jonathan Hughes

Axel Honneth, The Struggle for Recognition Axel Honneth, The Fragmented World of the Social Peter Osborne David Miller, On Nationality Richard Bellamy Peter Dews, The Limits of Disenchantment Nick Smith Norberto Bobbio, The Age of Rights David Archard Peter Starr, Logics of Failed Revolt David Macey Red-Green Study Group, What on Earth is to be [...]

67 Reviews

RP 067 Bob Brecher, David Macey, Alan Duiant, Anthony Arblaster, Peter Osborne, Willy Maley, Adrian Wilding, Jim McGuigan, Julian Wolfreys, David Glover, Katerina Deligiorgi, David Archard, David McLellan, Kevin Magill, Tim Jordan, Justine Shenton, Howard Feather

Ted Benton, Natural Relations: Ecology, Animal Rights and Social Justice Bob Brecher Louis Althusser, The Future Lasts a Long Time and The Facts E. Ann Kaplan and Michael Sprinker, eds., The Althusserian Legacy David Macey Edward Said, Culture and Imperialism Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures Alan Duiant Gregory Elliott, Labourism and the English [...]

66 Reviews

RP 066 Kate Soper, David Archard, Willy Maley, Anthony Elliott, Marcus Roberts, Nick Stevenson, Francesca Cauchi, Caroline New, Catherine Wilson, Scott Davidson, Filio Diamanti, Peter Nesteruk, Claude Pehrson, Peter Osborne, Gary Kitchen, Jonathan Rée

Didier Eribon, Michel Foucault David Macey, The Lives of Michel Foucault James Miller, The Passion of Michel Foucault Kate Soper John Rawls, Political Liberalism David Archard Jacques Derrida, Acts of Literature Jacques Derrida, Cinders Jacques Derrida, The Other Heading Willy Maley Gianni Vattimo, The Transparent Society Jügen Habermas, Postmetaphysical Thinking Anthony Elliott David Watson, Hannah [...]

64 Reviews

RP 064 Peter Osborne, David Archard, William Large, Katerina Deligiorgi, Tim Jordan, Kevin Magill, Clair Wills, Alastair Williams, Martin Ryle, Keith Ansell-Pearson, Chris Arthur, Kathleen Nutt, Jonathan Rée, Gerard McCann, Barry Camp, Jean-Jacques Lecercle, Jean-Jacques Lecercle

Jean-François Lyotard, The Inhuman: Reflections on Time Norbert Elias, Time: An Essay Peter Osborne Stephen Mulhall and Adam Swift, Liberals and Communitarians Richard Bellamy, Liberalism and Modern Society: an Historical Argument David Archard Simon Critchley, The Ethics of Deconstruction: Derrida and Levinas William Large Stephen Houlgate, Freedom, Truth and History: An Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy [...]

63 Reviews

RP 063 Jonathan Hughes, Jonathan Rée, Kathleen Nutt, David Archard, Nick Smith, John Mann, Andrew Bowie, Alex Klaushofer, Gary Kitchen, Katerina Deligiorgi, Ian Craib, Andrew Dobson, Kersten Glandien, Matthew Rampley, Lynne Segal, David Macey, Peter Osborne, Anthony Elliott, David Lamb, Chris Arthur, Anne Beezer, Michael Gardiner

Reiner Grundmann, Marxism and Ecology Jonathan Hughes Theodor W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Master of the Smallest Link Lambert Zuidervaart, Adorno’ s Aesthetic Theory: The Redemption of Illusion Jonathan Rée Moira Gatens, Feminism and Philosophy: Perspectives on Difference and Equality Herta Nagl-Docekal and Herlinde Pauer-Studer, eds., Denken der Geschlechterdifferenz: Neue Fragen und Perspectiven der Feministischen Philosophie [...]

60 Reviews

RP 060 Dave Archard, Kate Soper, Richard Rorty , Mike Gardiner, Andrew Dobson, Sadie Plant, Keith Ansell-Pearson, David Macey, Anne Beezer, Jonathan Rée, Tom Furniss, Alasdair MacIntyre, David Watson, Kevin Magill, Lucy Frith, Steve Redhead, Jean-Jacques Lecercle

Kate Soper, Troubled Pleasures: Writings on Politics, Gender and Hedonism Peter Osborne, ed., Socialism and the Limits of Liberalism Dave Archard Richard Rorty, Objectivity, Relativism and Truth and Essays on Heidegger and Others, Philosophical Papers, Vols. I and II Kate Soper Terry Eagleton, Ideology: An Introduction Richard Rorty Gary Saul Morson and Caryl Emerson, Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of [...]

55 Reviews

RP 055 Mary Tiles, Kevin Magill, Christine Battersby, David Macey, Peter Osborne, Noel Parker, Margaret Atack, Martin Barker, Alison Assiter, Graham McBeath, Vincent Geoghegan, Patricia Prior, Tim Hayward, Joanna Hodge, James Moore

Michèle Le Doeuff, The Philosophical Imaginary Mary Tiles Nicholas Costello, Jonathan Michie and Seumas Milne, Beyond the Casino Economy: Planning for the 1990′s Kevin Magill Rita Felski, Beyond Feminist Aesthetics: Feminist Literature and Social Change Christine Battersby Judith Dupont, ed., The Clinical Diary of Sandor Ferenczi David Macey Peter Sloterdijk, Critique of Cynical Reason Peter [...]

52 Reviews

RP 052 Anne Phillips, Robert Stern, Andy Dobson, Jonathan Rée, Howard Feather, Peter Osborne, John Gibbins

Carole Pateman, The Sexual Contract Anne Phillips Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Economy Robert Stern William E. Connolly, Political Theory and Modernity Andy Dobson Paul Ricoeur, Time and Narrative, Volume III Jonathan Rée Graham McCann, Marilyn Monroe Howard Feather Andrew Brennan, Thinking About Nature: an investigation of nature, value and ecology Andy Dobson H. Tudor [...]

51 Reviews

RP 051 Peter Osborne, Paul A. Fox-Strangways, David Macey, David Archard, Roger Harris, Steve Redhead, John Kraniauskas, Vincent Geoghegan, Jonathan Rée, Chris Lawn, Graham McCann, John Fauvel, Chris Arthur

Gregory Elliott, Althusser: The Detour of Theory Peter Osborne R. Bhaskar, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation Paul Fox-Strangways Jacques Lacan, The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 1: Freud’s Papers on Technique 1953-1954, Book 2: The Ego in Freud’ s Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis 1954-1955 David Macey Peter Clark and Crispin Wright, eds., [...]

49 Reviews

RP 049 Peter Osborne, Vincent Geoghegan, Dave Archard, Gregor McLennan, Jonathan Powers, Noel Parker, Gregor McLellan, Paul Bagguley

Laurence Dickey, Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit, 1770-1807 David Lamb, ed., Hegel and Modern Philosophy Peter Osborne Martin Bernal, Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, Volume 1: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985 Klaus Theweleit, Male Fantasies, Volume 1: Women, floods, bodies, history Vincent Geoghegan Patricia Smith Churchland, Neurophilosophy: Toward [...]

46 Reviews

RP 046 Jonathan Powers, Peter Osborne, R. A. Stern, Sean Sayers, Andy Dobson, Gregor McLennan, Keith Ansell-Pearson, John Kraniauskas, Steve Giles, C. J. Arthur, Paul Bagguley

A.N. Whitehead, Science and the Modern World Jonathan Powers Emst Bloch, Natural Law and Human Dignity Peter Osborne C.J. Arthur, Dialectics of Labour: Marx and his relation to Hegel R. A. Stern Jon Elster, An Introduction to Karl Marx Sean Sayers Istvan Mészaros, Philosophy, Ideology and Social Sciences: Essays in Negation and Affirmation Andy Dobson [...]

44 Reviews

RP 044 Peter Osborne, Joseph McCarney, Stephen Heath, John R. Gibbins, Sean Sayers, Dave Archard, Pete Morriss, Mike Singleton, Andy Dobson, Margaret Atack, Jan Golinski, Graham B. McBeath, Richard Edwards, Jonathan Rée, David Macey

Jonathan Rée, Proletarian Philosophers: Problems in Socialist Culture in Britain, 1900-1940 Peter Osborne Sean Sayers, Reality and Reason: Dialectic and the Theory of Knowledge Joseph McCarney Marsball Blonsky, ed., On Signs: A Semiotics Reader Stephen Heath Anthony O’Hear, What Philosophy Is: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy John R. Gibbins Steven Lukes, Marxism and Morality Sean [...]

42 Reviews

RP 042 David Archard, Mike Shortland, Denise Russell, Sebastian Gardner, Gregor McLennan, Peter Osborne, Keith Ansell-Pearson, David Lamb, Ralph Bannell, Paul Bagguley, Cynthia Hay, John R. Gibbins, Richard Edwards, C. J. Arthur, Jonathan Rée, Jan Golinski, John Fauvel

Jeffrey Moussaieff Mason, ed., The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904 Jeffrey Moussaleff Mason, The Assault on Truth: Freud’s suppression of the seduction theory Stephen Marcus, Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis David Archard Noel W. Thompson, The People’s Science: the popular political economy of exploitation and crisis, 1816-34 Mike Shortland R. C. Lewontin, [...]

40 Reviews

RP 040 Martin Barker, Jan Golinski, Peter Osborne, Gregor McLennan, Paul A. Fox-Strangways, Roger Smith, Keith Pearson, Jan Golinski, Stuart Sim, Martin Barker, Vincent Geoghegan, C. J. Arthur, John Fauvel, Lloyd Spencer, Steven Hedges, David Macey, Jonathan Rée

John MacKenzie, Propaganda and Empire Martin Barker Richard Rorty, J.B. Schneewind and Quentin Skinner, eds., Philosophy in History: Essays on the Historiography of Philosophy Jan Golinski Douglas Kellner, Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism Peter Osborne Pauline Johnson, Marxist Aesthetics: the foundations within everyday life for an enlightened consciousness Peter Osborne Anthony Giddens, The [...]

35 Reviews

RP 035 Peter Osborne, Bob Ecclesball, Gregory Claeys

B. Katz, Herbert Marcuse and the Art of Liberation: An Intellectual Biography M. Schoolman, The Imaginary Witness: The Critical Theory of Herbert Marcuse Peter Osborne Tom Campbell, The Left and Rights: A Conceptual Analysis of the Idea of Socialist Rights Bob Ecclesball John Edward Toews, Hegelianism: The Path Toward Dialectical Humanism, 1805-1841 Gregory Claeys

32 Reviews

RP 032 John F. Bird, Peter Osborne, Mike Shortland, Vincent Geoghegan, Peter Goodrich, G. Markus, Mike Shortland, Chris Rojek

C. L. R. James, Notes on Dialectics C. L. R. James, Spheres of Existence C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins John F. Bird R. Keat, The Politics of Social Theory: Habermas, Freud and the Critique of Positivism Peter Osborne Robert Nisbet, History of the Idea of Progress Mike Shortland Gay Left Collective, ed., Homosexuality: [...]

31 Reviews

RP 031 Geoffrey Hunt, Janna L. Thompson, John Fauvel, Martin Barker, Noël Parker, Peter Goodrich, Roger Waterhouse, Peter Osborne, Howard Feather

Journal of African Marxists, Issue No.1, November 1981 Geoffrey Hunt Martin Barker, The New Racism Janna L. Thompson Michael Ruse, Is Science Sexist? John Fauvel Philip Green, The Pursuit of Inequality Martin Barker Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Carnival at Romans: a People’s Uprising at Romans 1579-1580 Noël Parker Stephen Heath, Questions of Cinema Peter Goodrich [...]