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Love in the Age of Capitalism

Books on the family, sexual politics, and comradely love!

Verso Books18 June 2024

Love in the Age of Capitalism

Essential reads on how capital influences and forms our intimate relationships.

How can we build resilient communities in the era of polycrisis? How can we do better than the family? And how can we can harness the liberatory possibilities of love?

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You Can't Choose Your Family:

Even in so-called happy families, the unpaid, unacknowledged work that it takes to raise children and care for each other is endless and exhausting. What if we could do better?

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Sex, Desire, and Consent:

Politics exists in the mess of life. Sex does too, and so must sexual politics, to make any sense at all.

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Red Love:

When we organise together and in solidarity with one another, when we take care of each other, another world is possible.

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