{"title":"Carolin Emcke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarolin Emcke\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound reflections on human experience through the lens of politics and society. Her works explore themes of justice, conflict, and the complexities of identity with clarity and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful essays that challenge prejudices and invite thoughtful discourse on contemporary issues, enriched by a precise and engaging prose style.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-we-desire-by-carolin-emcke-9781925603613","title":"How We Desire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat if, instead of discovering our sexuality only once, during puberty, we discover it again later—and then again, after that? What if our sexuality reinvents itself every time our desire shifts, every time the object of our desire changes? What if the nature of our desire is constantly changing—growing deeper, lighter, wilder, more reckless, more tender, more selfish, more devoted, more radical?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow We Desire\u003c\/em\u003e is an enthralling essay about gender, sexuality and love by one of Germany’s most admired writers. It’s about growing up, and discovering the contours of desire and difference, about understanding that we sometimes ‘slip into norms the way we slip into clothes, putting them on because they’re laid out ready for us’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn telling her own story, Emcke draws back the veil on how we experience desire, no matter what our sexual orientation. And she examines how prejudice against homosexuality has survived its decriminalisation in the west.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis marvellous book pays homage to the radical magic and liberating tenderness of desire itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342635520236,"sku":"9781925603613","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16361463482873.jpg?v=1743927883"},{"product_id":"against-hate-by-carolin-emcke-9781509531967","title":"Against Hate","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRacism, extremism, anti-democratic sentiment – our increasingly polarised world is dominated by a type of thinking that doubts others’ positions but never its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a powerful challenge to fundamentalism in all its forms, Carolin Emcke, one of Germany’s leading intellectuals, argues that we can only preserve individual freedom and protect people’s rights by cherishing and celebrating diversity. If we want to safeguard democracy, we must have the courage to challenge hatred and the will to fight for and defend plurality in our societies. Emcke rises to the challenge that identitarian dogmas and populist narratives pose, exposing the way in which they simplify and distort our perception of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst Hate\u003c\/em\u003e is an impassioned call to fight intolerance and defend liberal ideals. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned about the darkening politics of our time and searching for ways forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455512985836,"sku":"9781509531967","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81ps98XHWyL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774776936"},{"product_id":"when-i-say-yes-by-carolin-emcke-9781509540884","title":"When I Say Yes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow should we talk about desire, power and equality in the wake of the #MeToo debate?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Carolin Emcke, bestselling author and winner of the German Peace Prize, the debate demonstrates one thing above all: a conversation about abuse and sexuality has emerged that can no longer be stifled. Too many questions remain unanswered: which images and concepts shape our imaginings of desire and revulsion? How is violence exposed and obstructed? How do the norms and structures into which men, women, and those in between must fit get constructed? What gets hushed up, and who remains powerless? How can the plurality of desire and sexuality be expressed, without sacrificing their intricacies?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy interrogating her own experiences as well as social practices, music, and literature, Emcke demonstrates the enduring complexity of the relationship between sexuality and truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455877759212,"sku":"9781509540884","price":23.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509540884.jpg?v=1774863093"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/carolin-emcke.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}