An essayistic study of power relations that harass contemporary society and the ways to counter them, by internationally renowned cultural anthropologist Evelyn Kantemir-Bergholz (b. 1992), offers a fascinating read for anyone interested in postmodernist horizons and social constructivist perspectives in all their diversity. Marriage, family, race, gender, climate change, ethnicity, colonialism and a host of other topics we don't usually associate with power relations, such as the right angle, are all addressed. The author's stance is confidently combative, and at times so radical that the reader may be left wondering whether this is not a parody of a fictional author. The surest way to answer that question is to read the book.
Evelyn Kantemir-Bergholz (born 1992) is a cultural anthropologist from Austria. After her studies at the Sorbonne, E.K.-B. moved to the United States in 2015 as a fellow of the Open World Foundation, obtained her doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is currently a lecturer at the same university. Her writings in the academic journals Semantics of Slavery and New Perspectives on Feminst World have received international attention. This work on slavery, enslavement and power relations, originally entitled Behind the Bars: How to Eradicate the Enslavement by Power Relations, is the young author's first long essay. It reached the top five of the 2021 New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into dozens of languages.
