Originally published in German in 2023, this is the first English translation, by Grace Nissan. Kohpeiß takes up the critical theory idea of “bourgeois coldness” and turns it on the present. She describes it as an emotional strategy of self-preservation, a refined way of keeping the colonial status quo intact by creating a sheltered, comfortable space untouched by the catastrophes happening elsewhere. In other words, it explains how one can feel progressive and caring while the world burns. It is a bracing, timely work of political philosophy.