All About Love
by bell hooks
What a great book to read to reflect on a most important
emotion… LOVE. bell hooks, a popular
feminist writer, is the author of this classic, All About Love. The book focuses
on the year 2000 (when it was published).
hooks presents ideas about love in modern society by drawing from her
own personal experiences. She shares the
dysfunction within her own family experience as well as definitions that
are helpful in understanding her perspectives.
She also incorporates some of the actions of public figures (not always
good), including from our president at the time, Bill Clinton, and his
extramarital involvement with Monica Lewinsky.
hooks takes the complex concept of ‘love’ from a non-sexual point of
view to dive deep into the concept. The
book contains thirteen short essays on aspects of love including: the clarity
of love (defining it); the justice of love (childhood lessons); the honesty of
love; what commitment means for love; the spirituality of love; the values of
love; how greed interferes with love; loving in community; mutuality; the
importance of romance in love; loving life and death; redemptive love; and when
angels speak of love. The book is
beautifully written with simple concepts on how to live a life that attracts
love. The foundational values for
creating love within all of one’s relationships are outlined in a
non-judgmental but assertive manner. I have always enjoyed hooks’ work, highly
recommend. What we need today in this
world is more love, which is something that should be stressed more in college
coursework. I’d suggest it as a common
read for college students!
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