The Will to Change

From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, a timelessly necessary treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all.

Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.

Everyone needs to love and be loved-including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to Change, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are.

With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. The Will to Change "creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal-not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives" (BuzzFeed).

About the author

bell hooks was a cultural critic, a feminist icon, and the renowned author of more than twenty books, including the enduring classic New York Times bestseller All About Love, Rock My Soul, The Will to Change, Sisters of the Yam, and When Angels Speak of Love. A charismatic speaker, she divided her time between teaching, writing, and lecturing around the world. She passed away in 2021.

Summary

Everyone needs to love and be loved - even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving.

Report

"A fierce...denunciation of patriarchy and a clarion call to the uncommitted to align themselves with visionary radical feminism."
-Publishers Weekly

Product details

• Authors: bell hooks
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.01.2025
• EAN: 9781668095980
• ISBN: 978-1-66809-598-0
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology: family & relationships, Social, group or collective psychology, Feminism & feminist theory, Sociology & anthropology, Feminism and feminist theory, Sociology: family and relationships, Psychology of gender, Sociology and anthropology, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men