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Radical Intimacy Sophie K Rosa

Radical Intimacy By Sophie K Rosa

Radical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa


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Summary

An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships and resist capitalism

Radical Intimacy Summary

Radical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa

'A clarion voice from a new generation of British feminists ... I was gripped' - Sophie Lewis, author of Abolish the Family

Capitalist ideology wants us to believe that there is an optimal way to live. 'Making connections' means networking for work. Our emotional needs are to be fulfilled by a single romantic partner, and self-care equates to taking personal responsibility for our suffering. We must be productive and heterosexual, we must have babies and buy a house. But the kicker is most people cannot and do not want to achieve these goals. Instead we are left feeling atomised, exhausted and disempowered.

Radical Intimacy shows that it doesn't need to be this way. Including inspiring ideas for alternative ways to live, Sophie K Rosa demands we use our radical imagination to discover a new form of intimacy.

Including critiques of the 'wellness' industry that ignores rising poverty rates, the mental health crisis and racist and misogynist state violence; transcending love and sex under capitalism to move towards feminist, decolonial and queer thinking; asking whether we should abolish the family; interrogating the framing of ageing and death and much more, Radical Intimacy is the compassionate antidote to a callous society.

Now as an audiobook, to listen to on the go.

Radical Intimacy Reviews

'This was my most eagerly awaited book of the year and it does not disappoint. A powerful, utterly engaging read and a vital call to action. Sophie K Rosa analyses how current conditions restrict our capacity for caring relationships with ourselves and others, and how these conditions can be implicated in so many forms of intimate violence, injustice and loss. A must read'

-- Meg-John Barker, author of 'Rewriting the Rules'

'Proposes radical answers for people longing for real intimacy, just as she proposes the need to centre all forms of intimacy as radical praxis. We are invited to look for the possibilities of abundant post-capitalist relating, and how they might nurture us in overcoming the systems which trap us in scarcity. It's great. Please read it!'

-- Justin Hancock, Sex and relationships educator

'A clarion voice from a new generation of British feminists accessibly expanding family-abolitionist thought and praxis into new spheres in response to a swingeing care crisis ... I was gripped'

-- Sophie Lewis, author of 'Abolish The Family'

'Explores Black and Indigenous feminist and queer revolutionary approaches to relating helps unshackle the mind from capitalist and colonial kinship, friendship, and romance. In order to change the world, one must first change the story of the world that is possible'

-- Kim TallBear, professor at University of Alberta, Canada

'Made me reconsider so many of the cultural scripts I've been fed my whole life. Unsparing, important and hopeful'

-- Annie Lord, Vogue columnist and author of 'Notes on Heartbreak'

About Sophie K Rosa

Sophie K Rosa is a writer and freelance journalist. She has written for Novara Media, Guardian, Buzzfeed, VICE, Al Jazeera, Aeon and CNN. In 2018, she was openDemocracy's feminist investigative journalism fellow, producing a series of articles tracking the backlash against women's and LGBTQIA+ rights.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The intimate is political
1. Your life in your hands
2. Us two against the world
3. They're all you've got
4. A ladder is not a resting place
5. The great equaliser
Conclusion: strong bonds for a fragile planet

Additional information

NGR9780745345161
9780745345161
0745345166
Radical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa
New
Paperback
Pluto Press
2023-03-20
208
N/A
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