Society & Culture > Anthropology
World-historic defeat of women
19 Apr 2012
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group examines myths about a supposed "primitive matriarchy"
The past as future
25 Nov 2021
We must return to original communism, but on a higher level. Jack Conrad concludes his series of articles by questioning both brutish and romantic images of pre-modern society
Great questions of our time
10 Sep 2020
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group discusses David Graeber’s ideas and activism
To the dawn of humanity
28 Feb 2019
Arthur Bough defends his naturalistic reading of Marx’s labour theory of value
Preparing the final assault
17 Jan 2019
James Linney examines the fraud that is NHS England’s ‘long-term plan’
Chomsky divided
27 Sep 2018
Noam Chomsky is a world-famous linguist, cognitive scientist and social critic. But, argues Chris Knight, he keeps his science and politics in two separate mental departments
Contradiction and denial
08 Mar 2018
Noam Chomsky worked on weapons systems for the Pentagon, yet he consistently campaigned against militarism. Chris Knight looks at the controversy provoked by his own critique
Charities and purity politics
01 Mar 2018
As the Oxfam affair unfolds, Paul Demarty asks why the wave of sexual harassment scandals has given more ammunition to the right than the left
Understanding poststructuralism
11 Jan 2018
We need to debate the development of diverse ideas and movements in their historical context, both before and after 1968. Only then can Marxism recover and move forward, argues Rex Dunn
Offering a real cure
09 Nov 2017
Ending the current chronic underfunding would be just the first step in overcoming the NHS mental-healthcare crisis, writes James Linney
Six degrees of Harvey Weinstein
19 Oct 2017
What does the downfall of one of the film industry’s most powerful men tell us? Paul Demarty investigates
The social gradient
10 Aug 2017
Mike Belbin completes his series of articles on genetics, racism and human character
Heritability - biological and social
03 Aug 2017
In the third article of a four-part series Mike Belbin discusses ‘inherent character’. Today this is no longer ascribed as racial, but is put down to a person’s genes
Racialism and eugenics
27 Jul 2017
In the second article in a four-part series Mike Belbin looks at the many and varied classifications of race
Born loser: is destiny biological?
20 Jul 2017
Did the notion of biological superiority bite the dust following the racism of the Nazis? In this first article in a four-part series, Mike Belbin traces the reformulation of an ancient idea of human character
Reclaim the heritage
09 Feb 2017
Rex Dunn concludes his exploration of Marx’s concept of the human