What is there to know about ignorance?
A new book of "ignorance studies" shows the importance of knowing about not knowing.
Ideas
Eternal life, poetry and the rational mind, and the question of sovereignty
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
The question of sovereignty
Debates over “national sovereignty” loom large over the EU referendum – but defining the concept is trickier than it seems.
How do people gain – and keep – power?
A Q&A with Dacher Keltner, author of a new book on the psychology of power.
From fundamentalism to atheism, learning forgiveness, and the comedy of awkwardness
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
The Summer 2016 New Humanist is out now!
Who wants to live forever?; why poems are good for the rational mind; how Russia fell back in love with Stalin; listening to the universe; and more...
In a word: regeneration
Michael Rosen's column on the uses and misuses of language.
Human nature, the road to liberation, and Einstein’s riddles
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Gloria Steinem and the road to liberation
This American feminist inspired a generation of women. What can her life tell us about today’s struggles for equality?
“It would be good if we could learn to listen to reason again”
A Q&A with James Garvey, author of a new book on the persuasion industry.