Hate : the uses of a powerful emotion / Seyda Kurt ; translated by Jackie de Pont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurt, Şeyda, 1992- author.

Contributor:

Pont, Jackie de, translator.

Standardized Title:

Hass. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Hate--Social aspects.

Hate.

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Genre:

Translations

Physical Description:

xvi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Verso Books, 2025.

Summary:

"Hatred 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? Şeyda 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. Kurt argues that the pursuit of justice is sometimes spurred by destructive impulses and hostility. When we allow ourselves to hate, what becomes of the kindness we would bestow upon a world we are striving to protect? In this visionary and lyrical work, Şeyda Kurt examines strategic hatred as a powerful force driving resistance, abolition, and even, paradoxically perhaps, radical care."--Publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First published as Hass: Von der Macht eines widerständigen Gefühls.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1804298107

9781804298107

OCLC:

1458613606