Today, our sense of identity is intimately linked to our work. It’s a dangerous trend, warns the Italian philosopher Bifo.
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Accepting that we are governed not by free will but by the processes of the body could provide a positive vision for society.
Philosophers and scientists have long agonised over the question of free will. Two new books, by Julian Baggini and John Gray, offer some very different answers.
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Jobs and the mind; Michael Rosen on language; free will and biology; the rise and rise of faith schools; the politics of Game of Thrones and more...
Paul Mason on how the rise of information technology is transforming the way we think about human character.
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.