It seems clear that in general, the ambitious attempts to theorise the potential application of love in the revolutionary transformation of contemporary global capitalism have so far failed to adequately account for the ‘elephant in the (mainly white male) room’ which are the relations

of care and love - overwhelmingly maintained by women - which already exist and without which social life would literally collapse! This hidden loving - caring labour (although currently exploited by patriarchy and capitalism) provides real material evidence of the possibility of organising society in a radically different way.

Could existing relations of care, love and solidarity be fully acknowledged and extended as the foundation for a revolutionary love which animates radical social transformation in the 21st century?