{"product_id":"radical-intimacy-9780745345161","title":"Radical Intimacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eRemaking the world through connection, care, and community requires radical imagination\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 heteronormative, we must have babies and buy a house. But the kicker is most people cannot and do not want to achieve all or any of these life goals. Instead, we are left feeling atomized, exhausted, and disempowered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadical Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e shows that it doesn't need to be this way. A punchy and impassioned account of inspiring ideas about alternative ways to live. Sophie K. Rosa demands we use our radical imagination to discover a new form of intimacy and to transform our personal lives and in turn society as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 aging and death and much more. Radical Intimacy is the compassionate antidote to a callous society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745345161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208","brand":"Sophie K. Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607868281013,"sku":"9780745345161","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4730bfa8-3303-4f0f-9efe-6df3c20a30dc.jpg?v=1674573442","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/radical-intimacy-9780745345161","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}