Hate: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion | Seyda Kurt | Translated by Jackie de Pont

German bestselling author Seyda Kurt frees hatred from its banishment and sets out on the trail of its potential for resistance. She is particularly interested in people as subjects of hatred in a capitalist, racist and patriarchal world. Who are these haters and what power relations do they base them selves on? Who is allowed to hate? Which feelings paralyse, and which ones guide us to a fairer, more caring society?

Ruthlessly, humorously and going beyond any self-righteous indignation, Seyda Kurt explores the possibility of a serviceable hatred that connects with people who feel a deep sense of discontent and helps us to find a collective way forward.

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Seyda 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. As an editor, she worked on the Spotify original podcast about the Hanau shootings (190220 - Ein Jahr nach Hanau), which won the prestigious Grimme Online Award in 2021. In her best selling book Radical Tenderness, she examined love in the forcefield of patriarchy, capitalism and racism.