{"product_id":"hate-isbn-9781804298107","title":"Hate","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe international bestseller about the power of hate: a radical reimagining of a revolutionary emotion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHatred is typically characterized as ugly, destructive and, above all, the political tool and dominant emotion of intransigent right-wingers. But is something important lost in this simplistic depiction? Don’t those engaged in anticolonial, feminist, or class struggles—the very people who, in mainstream narratives, are usually portrayed as victims and objects of hate—have just reasons for feeling hatred? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eŞeyda Kurt, who approaches the topic from both personal and historical angles, challenges the consensual liberal perspective, reframing the exploited and oppressed as vehicles as well as targets of hatred. She weaves together the stories of Jewish avengers resisting German fascism, the Haitian revolutionaries, contemporary abolitionists, and many others, ultimately arriving at the revolution in Syrian Kurdistan and the question of a just peace.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKurt argues that the pursuit of justice is sometimes spurred by destructive impulses and hostility. What happens then to the tenderness we share as human beings? When we allow ourselves to hate, what becomes of the kindness we would bestow upon a world we are striving to protect? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this visionary and lyrical work, Şeyda Kurt examines strategic hatred as a powerful force driving resistance, abolition, and even, paradoxically perhaps, radical care.\"Absolutely worth reading for me, because the book definitely inspires reflection and rethinking.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sophie Eickholt, \u003ci\u003eSR2 Kulturradio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHate\u003c\/i\u003e is a revolutionary book in the best sense of the word.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Marlene Halser, \u003ci\u003eBerliner Zeitung,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kurt writes unsparingly, without moralizing, which makes you curious.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stephanie Metzger, \u003ci\u003eSWR2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Refreshingly clear, often unsparing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sylvie-Sophie Schindler, \u003ci\u003eGalore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have rarely held a book like this in my hand.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Christian Rabhansl, \u003ci\u003eDeutschlandfunk Kultur Lesart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"After her second book, Kurt is likely to be remembered as one of the most interesting young authors in this country.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Aurelie von Blazekovic, \u003ci\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An invitation worth reading to think productively about politics and feelings.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Julia Schramm, \u003ci\u003eDer Freitag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the end, Kurt not only asks interesting new questions, but it also helps us all air our relationship to hate a little bit as well.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rebecca Link, \u003ci\u003eWDR 5 Bücher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seyda Kurt provides clever food for thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003earte Twist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kurt precisely analyzes the power relations that allow hatred to grow.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Maicke Mackerodt, \u003ci\u003eRF Ö1 Kontext\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clever and revolutionary.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kristina Remmert, \u003ci\u003eWR2 lesenswert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this international bestseller, Kurt argues for the productive side of this much-maligned emotion, and the way it can be used to fuel action, resistance, and perhaps even a new kind of care. Which is good, because these days I find I might need some help directing all these Bad Bad feelings.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Against liberal pieties that demand fangless passivity and perfect victimhood, Seyda Kurt's \u003ci\u003eHate \u003c\/i\u003eis a welcome tonic. A generous and poetic invitation to marshall \"strategic hate\" for liberatory purposes. I'm delighted to see Kurt's work translated for anglophone readers, so we may all hate better together.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Natasha Lennard, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSeyda Kurt's Hate: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion\u003c\/i\u003e, is a brilliant meditation on the relationships between hate, domination, and resistance. Kurt shows how the concept of hate is deployed to stigmatize and discredit anti-colonial, anti-racist, and feminist resistance, and how liberal moral stances against hate operate to pacify and to justify state violence through appeals to democracy and rule of law. This book is a vital tool for demystifying hate, so that we might see its role in liberation struggles.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dean Spade, author of \u003ci\u003eLove in a F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeyda Kurt born in Cologne in 1992, studied philosophy, Romance studies and cultural journalism in Cologne, Bordeaux and Berlin. As a freelance journalist and columnist, she writes for various print and online media in Germany, including ZEIT ONLINE and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. As an editor, she worked on the Spotify original podcast  about the Hanau shootings (\u003ci\u003e190220 - Ein Jahr nach Hanau\u003c\/i\u003e), which won the prestigious Grimme Online Award in 2021. In her best selling book \u003ci\u003eRadical Tenderness,\u003c\/i\u003e she examined love in the forcefield of patriarchy, capitalism and racism.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233216934117,"sku":"NP9781804298107","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804298107.jpg?v=1767728763","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hate-isbn-9781804298107","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}