Regulars p. 3 Editor’s Note p. 6 The Q&A Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen p. 9 Witness News, comment and your letters p. 71 Crossword Set by Chaliapin p. 74 Endgame A trip to the opera leaves me desperately seeking social capital By Laurie Taylor Contents Spring 2017
p. 72 The Big Question “What limits would you put on artificial intelligence?”
p. 73 Quiz Set by Chris Maslanka columns p. 16 Free thought Why asking for philosophers to be taught in context isn’t censorship By Wail Qasim p. 70 In a Word The uses and abuses of the word “faith” By Michael Rosen
Ismail Einashe on the battle for Britishness, p. 44
“The concept of nature was not devised by scientists but by a crew of adventurers” Jonathan Rée, page 54
Features p. 27 Cover story Why politics needs humanist values By Owen Jones p. 18 Reportage In the midst of Syria’s civil war, a radical experiment in gender equality By Rahila Gupta p. 22 Cosmos Why physics isn’t dead By Marcus Chown Special edition:
p. 30 Discussion White resentment is all the rage by Lola Okolosie and Vron Ware p. 36 Media What Silvio Berlusconi tells us about the rise of post-truth politics By Giovanni Tiso p. 40 Ideas Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor on how to build stronger societies in a global age By Julian Baggini p. 44 Memoir Despite increasing pressure on migrants to integrate, it seems as if our citizenship is never fully guaranteed By Ismail Einashe
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