bell hooks 1952 – 2021
bell hooks (1952 – 2021) was an American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Feminism and Postcolonial Philosophy.
bell hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, was an American Black feminist philosopher, cultural critic, and the most widely read public writer of Black feminist thought in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, written when she was nineteen, mounted an early and enduring critique of the racial and class blind spots of mainstream American feminism, while Teaching to Transgress and All About Love made the practice of education and the work of love into central political categories. She insisted on the lower-case form of her chosen name to keep attention on the work rather than on the writer.
Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Feminism, Postcolonial Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Love is an action, not a feeling.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Domination is upheld by silence; freedom begins in speech.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Patriarchy has no gender; women too can be its servants.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Without justice there can be no love.”
Frequently asked about bell hooks
- When did bell hooks live?
- bell hooks was born in 1952 and died in 2021.
- Where was bell hooks from?
- bell hooks was an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is bell hooks associated with?
- bell hooks was associated with Feminism and Postcolonial Philosophy.
- What was bell hooks known for?
- bell hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, was an American Black feminist philosopher, cultural critic, and the most widely read public writer of Black feminist thought in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
- How many quotes are attributed to bell hooks?
- There are 15 attributed quotations from bell hooks in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.