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'''Harper's Magazine''' (or simply '''Harper's''') is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts from a progressive, left perspective. It is the second oldest continuously-published monthly magazine (the oldest magazine being ''Scientific American'') in the United States, with a current circulation of slightly more than 220,000. Its editor is Roger Hodge, who replaced longtime editor Lewis Lapham on March 31, 2006.[1] ''Harper's'' has won numerous National Magazine Awards.[2]
''Harper's'' was launched in June 1850 by the New York City book-publishing firm Harper & Brothers. This company also founded Harper's Bazaar and what became HarperCollins Publishing. The first press run sold out 7,500 copies almost immediately. Circulation was around 50,000 six months later.[3]
The earliest issues consisted largely of material that had already been published in England, but the publication soon began to print the work of American artists and writers. It subsequently published commentaries by prominent politicians from both sides of the Atlantic, such as Winston Churchill and Woodrow Wilson.
In 1962, Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson, & Company to become Harper & Row (now HarperCollins). Later, the magazine became a separate corporation and a division of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. On June 17, 1980, the Star Tribune announced that ''Harper's'' would cease publication with the August issue. On July 9, however, John R. MacArthur and his father, Roderick, urged the boards of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Atlantic Richfield Company to establish the Harper's Magazine Foundation, which now operates the magazine. [4]
The 1970s brought events such as Seymour Hersh's reporting of the My Lai massacre.
In 1971, after the departure of controversial editor Willie Morris, Lapham joined the magazine as managing editor, serving as editor from 1976 until 1981; in 1983, he resumed his position, which he held until March 2006.
In 1984, Lapham and MacArthur — now publisher and president of the foundation — redesigned ''Harper's'' and introduced the popular Harper's Index (a list of statistics chosen and arranged, often for ironic effect), Readings, and the Annotation to complement its fiction, essays, and reporting.
Under the leadership of Lapham and MacArthur, the magazine continues to publish literary fiction by such authors as John Updike and George Saunders, and has emerged as a particularly vocal critic of America's domestic and foreign policies. Lapham's monthly ''Notebook'' columns have lambasted Bill Clinton's administration as well as the administration of George W. Bush, and since 2003, the magazine has paid special attention to the war in Iraq, with long articles on Fallujah and the post-war reconstruction of Iraq. Other feature stories have covered the debate over abortion, cloning, and global warming.[5]
Harper's began publishing the ''Harper's Magazine Blog'' on its site in April 2006. Also called ''Washington Babylon'' and written by Harper's Washington Editor Ken Silverstein, the blog examines corruption in United States politics.
★ ''The Perils of Obedience,'' a 1974 article written by Stanley Milgram that was abridged from his book ''Obedience to Authority'', first appeared in ''Harper's''. The article contained results from an experiment that showed adults being willing to subject another person to painful electric shocks for the purpose of learning when under direct orders from a figure of authority. While the person receiving shocks was only an actor, the subjects would continuously increase the voltage of the shock to the point of excruciating pain under orders from the experimenter, despite moral hesitation. The study concluded with Milgram stating that perhaps certain cases, such as the Nazi war crimes, were performed under such authority because of a transfer of responsibility to the superior commander. The idea that ultimate responsibility for such actions does not necessarily belong to the immediate perpetrator, and also the idea that man could be so brutal under such conditions, sparked great controversy. It also raised ethical questions about what types of psychological research are appropariate to subject people to.
★ In 1950, a preview feature by Eric Larrabee in ''Harper's'' on Immanuel Velikovsky's soon-to-be bestseller ''Worlds in Collision'' marked the beginning of a controversy over the latter's theories which continues to this day.
★ In an essay that appeared in the September 2004 issue of ''Harper's'', Lewis Lapham fictionalized an account of the 2004 Republican National Convention, which had not yet taken place. Lapham subsequently apologized in a note to readers.[6]
★ The March 2006 issue contained an article by the AIDS dissident Celia Farber entitled ''Out of Control: AIDS and the Corruption of Medical Science'', which presented the argument that HIV is not the cause of AIDS.[7] Farber's favorable presentation of the scientifcally discredited argument that there is no direct link between HIV and AIDS garnered criticism from AIDS activists,[8] the scientific community,[9] the ''Columbia Journalism Review'',[10] and others.[11] As a result, the Treatment Action Campaign, a South African group campaigning for greater access to HIV treatment, posted a reply written by eight prominent AIDS researchers documenting over 50 errors in Farber's article, claiming it contained misleading statements, factual errors, and unfounded implications of sinister motivation.[12] [13].
★ Harper's decided to serialize John Robert Lennon's novel "Happyland" after the original publisher, W. W. Norton, decided not to publish the novel. The content of the book and its protagonist, doll magnate Happy Masters, strongly parallels the real life story of American Girl doll creator Pleasant Rowland. Norton decided not to publish due to concerns about libel; Harper's began serialization of the story in the summer of 2006.[14]
1. Lewis Lapham Lights Up: The Longtime, Two-Time Harper's Editor Is Retiring, but Not Quitting
2. Awards and Honors (PDF) at Harper's site
3. History of Harper's (PDF) on Harper's site
4. Facts on File 1980 Yearbook, p501, 582
5. ''An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine'', a 712-page illustrated anthology with an introduction by Lewis H. Lapham and a foreword by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
6. Back to the Future
7. Out Of Control, AIDS and the corruption of medical science, , Celia, Farber, Harper's Magazine, ,
8. Farber Feedback, , , , POZ Magazine, ,
9. Letters from scientists and physicians criticizing Harper's for poor fact-checking of Celia Farber's article on AIDS. Accessed 21 Oct 2006.
10. Harper's Races Right over the Edge of a Cliff, by Gal Beckerman. Published in the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' on March 8 2006. Accessed June 14 2007.
11. Harper's Publishes AIDS Denialist, , Richard, Kim, , ,
12. Errors in Celia Farber's March 2006 article in Harper's Magazine, , , , Treatment Action Campaign, ,
13. An Article in Harper's Ignites a Controversy Over H.I.V., , Lia, Miller, The New York Times, ,
14. NYT Book Review
★ Harper's website
★ Library of Congress collection, searchable text of magazine from 1850-1899 with links to scanned pages.
November 2004 issue
An issue of ''Harper's'' from 1905
'''Harper's Magazine''' (or simply '''Harper's''') is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts from a progressive, left perspective. It is the second oldest continuously-published monthly magazine (the oldest magazine being ''Scientific American'') in the United States, with a current circulation of slightly more than 220,000. Its editor is Roger Hodge, who replaced longtime editor Lewis Lapham on March 31, 2006.[1] ''Harper's'' has won numerous National Magazine Awards.[2]
| Contents |
| History |
| Controversies |
| Notable contributors |
| References |
| External link |
History
''Harper's'' was launched in June 1850 by the New York City book-publishing firm Harper & Brothers. This company also founded Harper's Bazaar and what became HarperCollins Publishing. The first press run sold out 7,500 copies almost immediately. Circulation was around 50,000 six months later.[3]
John R Chapin's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire, printed in Harper's Weekly
The earliest issues consisted largely of material that had already been published in England, but the publication soon began to print the work of American artists and writers. It subsequently published commentaries by prominent politicians from both sides of the Atlantic, such as Winston Churchill and Woodrow Wilson.
In 1962, Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson, & Company to become Harper & Row (now HarperCollins). Later, the magazine became a separate corporation and a division of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. On June 17, 1980, the Star Tribune announced that ''Harper's'' would cease publication with the August issue. On July 9, however, John R. MacArthur and his father, Roderick, urged the boards of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Atlantic Richfield Company to establish the Harper's Magazine Foundation, which now operates the magazine. [4]
The 1970s brought events such as Seymour Hersh's reporting of the My Lai massacre.
In 1971, after the departure of controversial editor Willie Morris, Lapham joined the magazine as managing editor, serving as editor from 1976 until 1981; in 1983, he resumed his position, which he held until March 2006.
In 1984, Lapham and MacArthur — now publisher and president of the foundation — redesigned ''Harper's'' and introduced the popular Harper's Index (a list of statistics chosen and arranged, often for ironic effect), Readings, and the Annotation to complement its fiction, essays, and reporting.
Under the leadership of Lapham and MacArthur, the magazine continues to publish literary fiction by such authors as John Updike and George Saunders, and has emerged as a particularly vocal critic of America's domestic and foreign policies. Lapham's monthly ''Notebook'' columns have lambasted Bill Clinton's administration as well as the administration of George W. Bush, and since 2003, the magazine has paid special attention to the war in Iraq, with long articles on Fallujah and the post-war reconstruction of Iraq. Other feature stories have covered the debate over abortion, cloning, and global warming.[5]
Harper's began publishing the ''Harper's Magazine Blog'' on its site in April 2006. Also called ''Washington Babylon'' and written by Harper's Washington Editor Ken Silverstein, the blog examines corruption in United States politics.
Controversies
★ ''The Perils of Obedience,'' a 1974 article written by Stanley Milgram that was abridged from his book ''Obedience to Authority'', first appeared in ''Harper's''. The article contained results from an experiment that showed adults being willing to subject another person to painful electric shocks for the purpose of learning when under direct orders from a figure of authority. While the person receiving shocks was only an actor, the subjects would continuously increase the voltage of the shock to the point of excruciating pain under orders from the experimenter, despite moral hesitation. The study concluded with Milgram stating that perhaps certain cases, such as the Nazi war crimes, were performed under such authority because of a transfer of responsibility to the superior commander. The idea that ultimate responsibility for such actions does not necessarily belong to the immediate perpetrator, and also the idea that man could be so brutal under such conditions, sparked great controversy. It also raised ethical questions about what types of psychological research are appropariate to subject people to.
★ In 1950, a preview feature by Eric Larrabee in ''Harper's'' on Immanuel Velikovsky's soon-to-be bestseller ''Worlds in Collision'' marked the beginning of a controversy over the latter's theories which continues to this day.
★ In an essay that appeared in the September 2004 issue of ''Harper's'', Lewis Lapham fictionalized an account of the 2004 Republican National Convention, which had not yet taken place. Lapham subsequently apologized in a note to readers.[6]
★ The March 2006 issue contained an article by the AIDS dissident Celia Farber entitled ''Out of Control: AIDS and the Corruption of Medical Science'', which presented the argument that HIV is not the cause of AIDS.[7] Farber's favorable presentation of the scientifcally discredited argument that there is no direct link between HIV and AIDS garnered criticism from AIDS activists,[8] the scientific community,[9] the ''Columbia Journalism Review'',[10] and others.[11] As a result, the Treatment Action Campaign, a South African group campaigning for greater access to HIV treatment, posted a reply written by eight prominent AIDS researchers documenting over 50 errors in Farber's article, claiming it contained misleading statements, factual errors, and unfounded implications of sinister motivation.[12] [13].
★ Harper's decided to serialize John Robert Lennon's novel "Happyland" after the original publisher, W. W. Norton, decided not to publish the novel. The content of the book and its protagonist, doll magnate Happy Masters, strongly parallels the real life story of American Girl doll creator Pleasant Rowland. Norton decided not to publish due to concerns about libel; Harper's began serialization of the story in the summer of 2006.[14]
Notable contributors
References
1. Lewis Lapham Lights Up: The Longtime, Two-Time Harper's Editor Is Retiring, but Not Quitting
2. Awards and Honors (PDF) at Harper's site
3. History of Harper's (PDF) on Harper's site
4. Facts on File 1980 Yearbook, p501, 582
5. ''An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine'', a 712-page illustrated anthology with an introduction by Lewis H. Lapham and a foreword by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
6. Back to the Future
7. Out Of Control, AIDS and the corruption of medical science, , Celia, Farber, Harper's Magazine, ,
8. Farber Feedback, , , , POZ Magazine, ,
9. Letters from scientists and physicians criticizing Harper's for poor fact-checking of Celia Farber's article on AIDS. Accessed 21 Oct 2006.
10. Harper's Races Right over the Edge of a Cliff, by Gal Beckerman. Published in the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' on March 8 2006. Accessed June 14 2007.
11. Harper's Publishes AIDS Denialist, , Richard, Kim, , ,
12. Errors in Celia Farber's March 2006 article in Harper's Magazine, , , , Treatment Action Campaign, ,
13. An Article in Harper's Ignites a Controversy Over H.I.V., , Lia, Miller, The New York Times, ,
14. NYT Book Review
External link
★ Harper's website
★ Library of Congress collection, searchable text of magazine from 1850-1899 with links to scanned pages.
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