Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment." Drawing on the sociology of knowledge, hooks identifies the ideologies or belief systems which prevent the development and maintenance of a loving environment. As we grow we can give and receive attention, affection, and joy. Lots of writers have done the same thing however, bell hooks goes beyond the psychological aspects of human development to clarify the sociological implications of human development, hooks writes, ". She writes, "When we understand love as the will to nurture our own and another's spiritual growth, it becomes clear that we cannot claim to love if we are hurtful and abusive." This is true at the individual and the community level, hooks gives an overview of the complexities of human psychological development, focusing on the connections and disconnections which provide the framework for human development. While hooks spends a significant amount of book time on the struggles inherent in couple relationships and families, she takes care to devote attention to the struggles inherent in communities. It's an important book about the sociological implications of oppression and why it's hard to give and receive love in our highly individualized, Western culture. At first glance, All About Love appears to be another pop psychology book on how to get the love you want, however, it's much more than that. All About Love teaches us how to find and keep love in a culture full of hatred.Įarly in the book, bell hooks draws on the work of Erich Fromm and Scott Peck to define love as "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth." To clarify this definition hooks writes, "To truly love, we must learn to mix various ingredients-care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication." She proceeds to elaborate on a number of these components of love in this short and readable book. Her new book, All About Love, suggests that the experience of hatred found in oppressive relationships can be resolved in the experience of love.
One of the feminist movement's most prolific writers, bell hooks, has now touched the core of civil rights struggles.
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