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It came out on 2 September: Kwetsbaar. Politieke mogelijkheden (Vulnerable. Political opportunities), the new book by Marguerite van den Berg. A book about vulnerability… as a political opportunity.

Vulnerability is inevitable. All living things can be damaged or broken. We live in a world full of threats: climate catastrophe, war, misogyny, a social safety net with more and more holes.

What if we see our vulnerability and neediness not as problems, but as conditions for solidarity and coexistence? As the start of a search for new political possibilities? Vulnerability is a foundation for solidarity, but only if we dare to recognise it and do not respond to it with violence.

In Kwetsbaar. Politieke mogelijkheden, Marguerite van den Berg connects a sudden sick leave to western conifer seed bugs, nuclear waste to threat of war, the Dutch Benefits Scandal to dance and Nina Simone to Annie Ernaux. This book provides a loving and political answer to violence and powerlessness in this era.

About the author

Marguerite van den Berg writes about work, the welfare state, feminism and the city. In 2021, her well-received book Werk is geen oplossing ('Work Is Not A Solution') (Amsterdam ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Press) about the unsustainability of work as a life's goal and measuring standard of emancipation came out.

She works at the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Governance (USG) as an Associate Professor.

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Would you like to read more about this book? If you do, please go to the website of publisher Mazirel Pers.