{"product_id":"radical-intimacy","title":"Radical Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapitalist 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. \u003cem\u003eRadical Intimacy\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eRadical Intimacy\u003c\/em\u003e is the compassionate antidote to a callous society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pluto Press\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 9780745345161\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 0745345166\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophie K. Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50194373476618,"sku":"","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780745345161.jpg?v=1730195906","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/radical-intimacy","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}