Radikale Zärtlichkeit - Warum Liebe politisch ist

What is love? Is love the meaning of life, a political alliance, an illusion, or an end in itself? Or is it even impossible because we are completely torn apart by fears of the future, inflated expectations, and discriminatory structures?

Şeyda Kurt dissects our all-too-familiar norms of love within the power dynamics of patriarchy, racism, and capitalism, exploring through the lens of her own biography how traditional relationship models become skewed when once-secure family ties break down and established truths come into question. For love does not exist in a vacuum. It is a reflection of our society. And it is political.

So how do we truly want to love? Whom and how many? What could a radical reimagining of love look like? And how can people stand together against the isms of our society - as partners, family, and friends? Sharp-witted, humorous, and with a keen sense of the numerous pitfalls and dimensions of love, Şeyda Kurt shares her search for new narratives and a language of tenderness that is our own, in which we can break away from outdated relationship models and dare to create a fairer coexistence.