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WEBMagazine. A year on from the 7th October, Samir Al-Youssef and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen reflect on horror and trauma in the Middle East. Our critics offer a US culture special, while former Nato secretary general George Robertson pens a letter to voters. Past issues.
Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? - Prospect
WEBIn her concise and authoritative new book, Clare Carlisle seeks to rescue Spinoza from those who peddle misconceptions—on all sides. A professor of philosophy at King’s College London and author of a recent biography of Søren Kierkegaard, Carlisle also edited George Eliot’s translation of the Ethics last year. She argues that Spinoza was a profound and subtle writer on religion; to box ...
What can the 1964 election tell us about 2024 politics? - Prospect
WEBJan 2, 2024 · Here are three things that happened then could be relevant this time. First, Labour’s lead narrowed in the weeks leading up to the 1964 election. It ended up less than two points ahead of the Conservatives, and an overall majority of just four. A byelection defeat three months later halved that to two.
July 2022 - Prospect
WEBJuly 2022 issue. The war in Ukraine is leading to a new age of food insecurity, argue Laura Wellesley and Tim G Benton: we need to change what we eat and how we produce it.
Interview with historian Archie Brown: Rethinking the Cold War
WEBI was dissatisfied with the widespread assumption that the Soviet Union had no alternative to ending the Cold War in the way they did. My aim was to write a book that rejected simplistic materialist and triumphalist explanations of the Cold War’s ending; I wished to show how both leadership and ideas mattered, and to study the domestic context of foreign policy in each of the countries on ...
Jolyon Maugham: lawyer, activist, public enemy - Prospect
WEBJolyon Maugham: lawyer, activist, public enemy. Jolyon Maugham picks fights on Twitter and pursues the government through the courts to force social and political change. Anne Perkins profiles a controversial QC in his prime. Just don’t mention the fox. One summer day in 1994, a young law student called Jo Maugham arrived at a central London ...
Listen | Is Britain run by a new out-of-touch elite? - Prospect
WEBSep 8, 2023 · Matthew Goodwin says there’s a “new elite” of radically progressive morally righteous graduates, who are dominating Britain’s major institutions. Filled with class prejudice, they are out of touch with the British public, and imposing on them costly policies of hyper-globalisation and mass migration. Meet David Aaronovitch, a prominent ...
About us - Prospect
WEBAbout us. Prospect is the UK’s outstanding monthly current affairs title—a home for fine writing, robust debate and considered reflection on the biggest issues of our time. Edited by Alan Rusbridger, it is published in print ten times a year—including a bumper issue in both the winter and the summer—and now boasts a lively website, app ...
Is modern philosophy just "empty ideas"? An interview with
WEBDec 28, 2017 · Having worked in it for decades, he believed the subject had taken the wrong turn, with the result that most modern philosophers fail to say anything meaningful about the world at all. An interview with science and philosophy website Three Quarks Daily—in which Unger said much of modern philosophy is “parochial” or “trivial”—drew ...
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WEBAug 15, 2024 · The philosophy of free speech is complicated—and that’s OK. Catch up on the latest Philosophy news and commentary from Prospect, Britain's award-winning monthly current affairs magazine.