Writing on the wall
Henri Lefebvre, the theoretician of the Paris uprising of 1968, saw that society’s most profound truths were etched on everyday life, discovers Daniel Miller
Ideas
Thinker: Simone de Beauvoir
The feminist icon was dedicated to freedom for all humanity, says Toril Moi
Happy birthday humanism
For two centuries one word has symbolised the battle against extremism, says Bill Cooke
Spongers
Why shouldn’t people have to earn the right to be housed? Julian Baggini gets back to basics
Craft works: Laurie Taylor interviews Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett tells Laurie Taylor why he believes in patience, practicality and a job well done
Tea and empathy
The human imagination, says Martin Rowson, allows us to make the world in the image of ourselves
Villages of Vision: A Study of Strange Utopias by Gillian Darley
Ken Worpole visits utopian villages with Gillian Darley
End Game: Lean on me
Laurie Taylor offers his shoulder to cry on
Thinker: Carl Jung
Underlying Carl Jung's brand of radical metaphysics, claims Paul Bishop, is a deep vein of rationalism
The closing of the Christian mind
In the late fourth century political expediency led a ruthless Roman emperor to shut down debate within the Christian church. Charles Freeman explains