Even though the book is 16 years since publishing, it still addresses many issues that our USA culture is … I didn’t find hooks’s ex. wow -can the title get any better? And that's not love at all. All About Love: New Visions. I think she made a LOT of general observations--especially regarding how men and women are in relationships--and failed to back them up with anything besides the anecdotes of her own relationships. Telling the truth in order to pave the way for unadorned, loving interaction. I think the book is very well written which I always find appealing. This is the first book I've read by bell hooks, and I was so excited to read it. Perhaps in the future a book on the nature of love will exist that I enjoy more. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and domination. I think everybody needs love, I just think men and women express that need differently, and als. It started off well, with some clear and illuminating statements, but I found it inconsistent. See all 4 questions about All About Love…, Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Love is also remarkably different from abuse and the two can't exist at the same time. I agree there is a real need to continue discussing love openly and I hope that this novel imspires others to reflect. This book changed/is changing my life. there has been. I was initially skeptical of her thesis that society needs to adapt a universal definition of love, but as I continued reading, the idea struck a chord of recognition within me that I certainly hope will continue to resonate for the rest of my days on this spinning orb. ‘All About Love’ is a warm but challenging take on the politics of love and how people are socialized to see it and allow it to guide their lives, for better or worse. Unfortunately, it fell a bit short of my expectations. Perhaps in the future a book on the nature of love will exist that. This book is a call for a return to a love ethic. I would recommend this text to everyone. It can be cool to read where others are coming from but I guess what I found off putting was for me love is about extending others understanding and the benefit of the doubt but her comments a. I started off really liking this book and then it i just kind of lost interest. Some friends recommended this book to me because I was going through something traumatic, and I think they were really right. Conclusions are made about the importance of love that are often true, but the arguments are biased by the author's experiences. Love is about communion, care, attention, and choice; rather than something perfect that may fall upon you. She proposes first, that love is not a feeling at all. The acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation,” All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. . I have no problem if she wishes to discuss spirituality and love, there's no problem at all, but when a religious, theistic faith is presented as something essential to be loving, caring, and so on, the insinuation that an atheist could not be as loving as a theist is certainly a very antagonizing sentiment that I can't even fathom. not only was it boring & unsatisfying, it didn't even make any sense. Because we hardly know, hardly any of us, how to really love. Here, at her most provacative and intensely personel, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. there has been a serious upswing in the importance of love & jesus in hooks's books in the last several years, & a serious downswing in interesting political thought. When I checked it out of the library along with a huge stack of other books, the librarian pulled it out and said, "Oh, this book is SO good." "All About Love is a blueprint for finding myriad types of love, which hold the redemptive power to change our minds and lives." She has published over thirty books and numerous scholarly and mainstream articles, appeared in several documentary films and participated in various public lectures. She focuses on romantic love and believes that in American culture men have been socialized to mistrust the value and power of love while women have been socialized to be loving in most situations – even when their need to receive love goes unmet. . Are they really just like us? I think the book is very well written which I always find appealing. I haven't seen any audiobooks of this jawn so I'm making my own version. There were definitely some parts where I was able to follow her, mainly in the beginning. --Jacket, There are no reviews yet. It came to me at just the right second (by which I mean, I took it from the house where I was house-sitting at just the right second), and I have taken it straight to heart. I really thoroughly enjoyed the book. CD Audio Books. A book all about love. Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide) hooks, bell, 1952-. We’d love your help. Love is also remarkably different from abuse and the two can't exist at the same time. Reading this in pandemic and slowing down while reading has helped me to recognize the true impact of this book. All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our private and public lives. Here's the thing. 14 day loan required to access EPUB and PDF files. While there were a couple of bits of this book I liked (hence the two stars), on the whole, this is a thumbs down for me. In today’s world, where we find ourselves defining love and all our expectations that come with it as subjective since it is unmeasurable, unlike power and money and status, All about Love serves to question its subjectivity and how this subjectivity is what makes it so hard for people to feel loved. Lotu Tii I just like others started to get put off by the sermonizing. On this, the fourth anniversary, and beginning of the fifth year of the Iraq war, while thousands marched on the Pentagon in protest, I finished reading "all about love: New Visions by bell hooks, a truly visionary and life-changing read, which should be required reading for this entire nation. Also, love isn't about an absence of pain or grief, but something that lives alongside it and makes being alive more bearable. Other than that, it made me work on being more honest. I really wanted to like this book, because I like bell hooks, her ideas and what she stands for. Love is an action that we choose to take. Famous people! this was a big pile of crap, & not just that, it ushered in a whole generation of terrible crappy books written by bell hooks. “All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. i find it astonishing that so many people i otherwise respect & admire got so into this book. Was on the fence about reading this one. Start by marking “All About Love: New Visions” as Want to Read: Error rating book. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHfhBW1jQ_pT-l253iPR-rFr-7rlj5S-z Love in our culture is viewed as a romantic infatuation connected to sex. love is a revolutionary force! bell hooks is striking and wonderful, as always. All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation) Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. bell hooks talks about love in a way that's so healing. . I'm sure it appeals to others and helps them find meaning but that just isn't for me. The truth is, we don't know anymore what it is. Love is not meaningless or irrelevant as the current cultural ethos suggests. THE ACCLAIMED FIRST VOLUME IN HER "LOVE SONG TO THE NATION" “The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet . And it comes in so many forms. I really love bell hooks, but this may be closer to a 2.5 - disliked the religious undertones, the (at times) generalising statements, and lack of rigour (rigour that I was expecting in an ‘exposition’ of the concept of love). Well, so, OK. Buy All About Love: New Visions by Hooks, Bell (ISBN: 9780704346642) from Amazon's Book Store. The best and worst thing about this book was hooks' commitment throughout the work to making powerful, decisive statements that wanted to leave little room open for argument. Unfortunately, it fell a bit short of my expectations. & because i am not interested in lovey-dovey mega-positivity? Growing up in a dysfunctional family and as a recovering codependent, I related very well to nearly 70% of the text's offerings and many of the author's own experiences, and I believe that I grew and developed as a person while completing this read. Refresh and try again. In the case of these individuals, the answer is a resounding yes when it comes to loving... To see what your friends thought of this book, I disagree with the idea that women are somewhat weak. But closer to the middle and end it sounded like too much of a self-help book (even though she criticized that entire genre for adhering to traditional gender norms) and became a bit too "fluffy". All about Love: New Visions has 3 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace Third Eye Books Audio Collection; All About Love: New Visions. WOO CHILD there was a lesson I haven't been ready to hear until right now, but shoot am I hearing it now. hooks challenges readers to examine and redefine the conception of love presented by the patriarchy, sexist socialization, materialism, and … The final third of the book seemed to resonate. Bell Hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins) is an African-American author, feminist, and social activist. this is now what i am looking for when i pick up a bell hooks book (full disclosure: it'snot what I am looking for when i pick up ANY book). It came to me at just the right second (by which I mean, I took it from the house where I was house-sitting at just the right second), and I have taken it straight to heart. This one is precious and everyone should read it. i have LOVED a lot of hooks's books. My book club chose this book in honor of Valentine's Day. THE ACCLAIMED FIRST VOLUME IN HER "LOVE SONG TO THE NATION" “The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet . Learn more. In writing this review, I felt the need to pose the question: What makes a feminist book? All About Love: New Visions Paperback – 12 October 2017 by Bell Hooks (Author) 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,485 ratings. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. Do you think women need more love than man?As I know,we talk about the topic of love far more than men do. She has published over thirty books and numerous scholarly and mainstream articles, appeared in several documentary films and participated in. we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love.Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. I agree there is a real need to continue discussing love openly and I hope that this novel imspires others to reflect. 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