death_date death_place birth_place influences nationality fields name birth_date article_title birth_name
29 july 2006 nice , france paris , france claude lévi-strauss cornelius castoriadis french ancient history pierre vidal-naquet 23 july 1930 pierre vidal-naquet
 pierre emmanuel vidal-naquet
pierre vidal-naquet

pierre emmanuel vidal-naquet -lrb- ; 23 july 1930 -- 29 july 2006 -rrb- was a french historian who began teaching at the '' École des hautes études en sciences sociales '' -lrb- ehess -rrb- in 1969 .
vidal-naquet was a specialist in the study of ancient greece , but was also interested -lrb- and deeply involved -rrb- in contemporary history , particularly the algerian war -lrb- 1954 -- 62 -rrb- , during which he opposed the use of torture by the french army , as well as jewish history .
having participated with michel foucault and jean-marie domenach in the founding of the `` groupe d'information sur les prisons '' -lrb- gip -rrb- , one of the first french new social movements , he criticized negationism .
vidal-naquet , who never abandoned his fascination with antiquity , was also a supporter of middle east peace efforts .
