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About us - New Humanist
About New Humanist. We're a quarterly magazine of culture and science, published since 1885. New Humanist is for anyone who wants to understand the ideas, conflicts and systems shaping our world - climate, capitalism, technology, fundamentalism, struggles for equality and more. We publish a beautiful edition once every three months full of ...
A century of British humanism | New Humanist
Oct 17, 2023 — The authors view the period of 1930-70 as the first “gilded age” of humanism. Books like The Humanist Outlook (1968), edited by the philosopher A. J. Ayer, helped to define humanism in terms of ethical issues, Karl Popper’s “open society” and an intellectual outlook based on the scientific method. The 1960s also saw the founding of a Humanist Parliamentary Group, leading to greater ...
Britain's new era: our Autumn 2024 edition asks, what now?
Aug 15, 2024 — The Autumn 2024 issue of New Humanist is on sale now! This issue we're delving in to Britain's new era – from schools to the NHS to refugee policy. To celebrate the launch, we're offering six months of New Humanist for just £1!Subscribe now using code AUGUST24 (offer valid until the end of the month) or buy a single issue online and in all good newsagents.
Better, faster, stronger: New Humanist spring 2023 out now
Feb 16, 2023 — Out now – featuring Peter Ward on living forever, Anna Lembke on pleasure and addiction, and Peter Salmon on the moral duty to pump iron. The spring 2023 issue of New Humanist is on sale now! Subscribe here to the print edition for as little as £27 a year. You can also buy a single copy for just £7.45. Available in all good newsagents.
Of beasts and men - New Humanist
Dec 6, 2021 — Illustration by Steve Rawlings. Anyone who has accidentally trodden on a cat’s tail knows it has sensations. The purring that follows from a gentle stroke under its chin testifies to its more positive capacity for sensuous pleasure. Yet, until now, there has been no formal recognition that animals are conscious and capable of experiencing joy ...
Blog | New Humanist
Sep 10, 2024 — Rise of the fanatics: New Humanist's summer 2024 issue is out now. Our latest issue features Mary Jo McConahay on how the Catholic vote could swing the US election for Trump, Alona Ferber on how divisions between secular and religious Israelis threaten to break the Jewish state, and John Ralston Saul on how citizens can resist the authoritarian ...
Church and state: New Humanist summer 2023 out now
May 18, 2023 — The summer 2023 issue of New Humanist is on sale now! Subscribe here to the print edition for as little as £27 a year. You can also buy a single copy for just £7.45. Available in all good newsagents. Church and state. After the coronation of King Charles III as head of state and supreme governor of the Church of England, we look at the relationship between Church and state in Britain today.
Top 20 of 2020 - New Humanist
Dec 17, 2020 — An uplifting piece on the campaigners around the world successfully arguing that mountains, trees and rivers should have legal rights. 12. Leaving the Black Church: an interview with Audrey Simmons. A key member of the Association of Black Humanists discusses the unique challenges faced by black apostates and the need to ensure that humanism is welcoming to all.