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In a word: War | New Humanist
1 day ago · The Battle of Neville's Cross from a 15th-century manuscript. Credit: Bibliotheque Nationale de France War, 12th century: Hostile contention by means of armed forces, carried on between nations, states or rulers, or between parties in the same nation or state.. The word “war” started being used by people speaking Old English in around 1050, when it …
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 ...
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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.
The Queen of Country on her personal philosophy | New Humanist
Jan 18, 2024 · Credit: Vijat Mohindra, courtesy of Dolly Parton Dolly Parton has a simple rule she lives by. “I don’t do nothing half-assed,” she tells me, speaking from her studio and offices in Nashville.
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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.
What the Renaissance did for us - New Humanist
Mar 30, 2016 · This article is a preview from the Spring 2016 edition of New Humanist. You can find out more and subscribe here.. Sixty years ago, the writer E.M. Forster searched for the best term to describe his particular cultured, secular, tolerant world-view.
Top 20 of 2021 - New Humanist
Dec 27, 2021 · It's been a long year. At many points, it felt as if the doomed 2020 had stretched well into 2021. The media continued to bear bad news, and reflections on the experience of grief, isolation, polarisation and other features of our social landscape continued to …