Is empathy the hidden motor of human history?
Often depicted as a feel-good emotion and “soft” skill, empathy can be a powerful secular force for social and political transformation
Ideas
Murder in Bangladesh, cyborgs and gender, and an interview with Lisa Jardine
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
In a word: reform
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Jenny Diski, the cities of the future, and the rationalist way of death
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
A planet on the move
The tension between order and chaos has always guided urban life. But what will happen as cities conquer our planet?
What is wrong with the way we think?
A Q&A with social psychologist Richard Nisbett, who researches the processes of reasoning and decision-making.
The death of British satire, the right to offend, and cinematic dystopia
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Can non-Europeans think? An interview with Hamid Dabashi
A Q&A with Hamid Dabashi, whose new book examines knowledge, power, and European dominance.
Arab atheism, identity and work, and the meaning of forgiveness
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
In a word: fix
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.