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title: "How we invented nature, in search of whiteness, and becoming British"
date: "2017-05-09T13:24:35+01:00"
modified: "2017-05-09T13:24:35+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2017/05/09/how-we-invented-nature-in-search-of-whiteness-and-becoming-british/"
post_id: 6649
categories: ["Uncategorised"]
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# How we invented nature, in search of whiteness, and becoming British

1\. [In search of whiteness](/articles/5176/in-search-of-whiteness)

Identity politics is back with a vengeance in 2017 – but one particular kind of identity is often left unexplored. Lola Okolosie and Vron Ware ask why.

2\. [Becoming British](/articles/5180/becoming-british)

As a teenager, Ismail Einashe fought hard to feel like he belonged. Now, that right is being undermined – for him and millions of others.

3\. [How we invented nature](/articles/5173/how-we-invented-nature)

Today we take it for granted that something called “nature” exists. But, writes Jonathan Ree, the concept owes much to a Prussian adventurer.

4\. [Charles Taylor: How to win the argument](/articles/5170/charles-taylor-how-to-win-the-argument)

Julian Baggini talks to the philosopher Charles Taylor, who argues that community and tradition don’t have to be set against migration, change and difference.

5\. [Close encounters of the everyday kind](/articles/5174/close-encounters-of-the-everyday-kind)

Suzanne Moore reviews a new book, which asks if microdosing LSD could make you happier and more productive. Why might we need such a helping hand?

[Previous selection of long-reads](/articles/5171/berlusconi-and-post-truth-politics-the-rojava-experiment-and-the-future-of-humanity)

*[More on our Spring issue – out now](/articles/5151/age-of-extremes-the-spring-2017-new-humanist)*