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New Humanist 3/2009
3/2009
Faith in freedom
A 52-year-old reservist on serving in Afghanistan
Not all that is solid
The traditional cloth-cap economy has melted into one which is fluid, global, insecure and indifferent to people and communities. A useful story if you want to manufacture uncertainty, says Kevin Doogan, just not true
The traditional cloth-cap economy has melted into one which is fluid, global, insecure and indifferent to people and communities. A useful story if you want to manufacture uncertainty, says Kevin Doogan, just not true
Opinion
Why do we love conspiracies? David Aaronovitch has a theory
Why do we love conspiracies? David Aaronovitch has a theory
Mills and minarets
The proving grounds for the government's policy to prevent home-grown Jihad are the industrial towns of the North. Paul Sims investigates
Growing minds. Readers of New Humanist have raised over £30,000 for a secular school in Uganda. Caspar Melville visited Busota to assess the impact of the donations
The proving grounds for the government's policy to prevent home-grown Jihad are the industrial towns of the North. Paul Sims investigates
Yield of dreams
Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini. Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation
Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini. Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation
Sphere of influence
Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voice
Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voice
Freedom's foghorn
Roger Davidson marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of Tom Paine
Roger Davidson marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of Tom Paine
Red alert
Is it a symbol of submission or of authority? Of glamour, lust or danger? Sally Feldman uncovers the myriad shades of lipstick
Is it a symbol of submission or of authority? Of glamour, lust or danger? Sally Feldman uncovers the myriad shades of lipstick
Shadow boxing
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values
Not with a bang but a simper
Fear, resentment and complacency have undone English liberty, says Michael Neumann
Fear, resentment and complacency have undone English liberty, says Michael Neumann
Gothic revival
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum -- Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, master of the perverse
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum -- Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, master of the perverse
The art of phwoar
Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique
Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique
Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of South Africa; Benjamin Noys discovers the modern mutations of eugenics; Nina Power tires of Slavoj ˇi˛ek and his monstrous essays; Marcus Chown learns how the Catholic Church silenced Galileo; Philip Womack is blown away by Hilary Mantel's historical epic
How Laurie Taylor was nearly Russell Crowe
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