bell hooks on Childhood and Liberation I Sunday, June 22
bell hooks on Childhood and Liberation I Sunday, June 22 I Online I 12:00 - 2:00 PM US ET
Instructor: Annu Dahiya, PhD
Within Black feminist theorist bell hooks’ philosophy of love is a strong emphasis on child rights, justice, and liberation. She faced more criticism for her stance on children’s rights than for her calls to end racism and sexism. Hooks argues that the parent-child relationship is often understood as one of subservience and property, rather than one that recognizes children as human beings who have rights. In this participatory workshop, we will read excerpts from All About Love: New Visions, Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood, and Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics. We will explore how hooks’ philosophy of love—understood as a conscious and intentional act rather than an innate emotion—reshapes how we think about children’s relationship to love. She writes, “Because children can innately offer affection or respond to affectionate care by returning it, it is often assumed that they know how to love and therefore do not need to learn the art of loving.” We will also examine how hooks’ own childhood—marked by abuse and loneliness—informed her perspectives on childhood in adulthood. According to hooks, we live in a society permeated by deep lovelessness, and reimagining a world rooted in a love ethic opens the path to liberation—both personal and collective. Together, we will develop the critical vocabulary and conceptual tools to examine our own experiences of childhood and the broader cultural assumptions surrounding it. This workshop welcomes educators, caregivers, students, and anyone interested in rethinking love, childhood, and liberation through a feminist and anti-racist lens.
SLIDING SCALE: Philosophy for liberation is committed to making education accessible. A sliding-scale is available for students who are BIPOC [black, indigenous, and people of color] and/or anyone in economic need. For 50% off, use promo code: HOOKSCHILDLIBERATION50. For 75% off, use code HOOKSCHILDLIBERATION75.
Refund Policy: Participants will receive a full refund up to 3 days before the event.
Photo Credit: Cmongirl. CC BY 4.0. Photo has been edited.
bell hooks on Childhood and Liberation I Sunday, June 22 I Online I 12:00 - 2:00 PM US ET
Instructor: Annu Dahiya, PhD
Within Black feminist theorist bell hooks’ philosophy of love is a strong emphasis on child rights, justice, and liberation. She faced more criticism for her stance on children’s rights than for her calls to end racism and sexism. Hooks argues that the parent-child relationship is often understood as one of subservience and property, rather than one that recognizes children as human beings who have rights. In this participatory workshop, we will read excerpts from All About Love: New Visions, Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood, and Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics. We will explore how hooks’ philosophy of love—understood as a conscious and intentional act rather than an innate emotion—reshapes how we think about children’s relationship to love. She writes, “Because children can innately offer affection or respond to affectionate care by returning it, it is often assumed that they know how to love and therefore do not need to learn the art of loving.” We will also examine how hooks’ own childhood—marked by abuse and loneliness—informed her perspectives on childhood in adulthood. According to hooks, we live in a society permeated by deep lovelessness, and reimagining a world rooted in a love ethic opens the path to liberation—both personal and collective. Together, we will develop the critical vocabulary and conceptual tools to examine our own experiences of childhood and the broader cultural assumptions surrounding it. This workshop welcomes educators, caregivers, students, and anyone interested in rethinking love, childhood, and liberation through a feminist and anti-racist lens.
SLIDING SCALE: Philosophy for liberation is committed to making education accessible. A sliding-scale is available for students who are BIPOC [black, indigenous, and people of color] and/or anyone in economic need. For 50% off, use promo code: HOOKSCHILDLIBERATION50. For 75% off, use code HOOKSCHILDLIBERATION75.
Refund Policy: Participants will receive a full refund up to 3 days before the event.
Photo Credit: Cmongirl. CC BY 4.0. Photo has been edited.
bell hooks on Childhood and Liberation I Sunday, June 22 I Online I 12:00 - 2:00 PM US ET
Instructor: Annu Dahiya, PhD
Within Black feminist theorist bell hooks’ philosophy of love is a strong emphasis on child rights, justice, and liberation. She faced more criticism for her stance on children’s rights than for her calls to end racism and sexism. Hooks argues that the parent-child relationship is often understood as one of subservience and property, rather than one that recognizes children as human beings who have rights. In this participatory workshop, we will read excerpts from All About Love: New Visions, Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood, and Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics. We will explore how hooks’ philosophy of love—understood as a conscious and intentional act rather than an innate emotion—reshapes how we think about children’s relationship to love. She writes, “Because children can innately offer affection or respond to affectionate care by returning it, it is often assumed that they know how to love and therefore do not need to learn the art of loving.” We will also examine how hooks’ own childhood—marked by abuse and loneliness—informed her perspectives on childhood in adulthood. According to hooks, we live in a society permeated by deep lovelessness, and reimagining a world rooted in a love ethic opens the path to liberation—both personal and collective. Together, we will develop the critical vocabulary and conceptual tools to examine our own experiences of childhood and the broader cultural assumptions surrounding it. This workshop welcomes educators, caregivers, students, and anyone interested in rethinking love, childhood, and liberation through a feminist and anti-racist lens.
SLIDING SCALE: Philosophy for liberation is committed to making education accessible. A sliding-scale is available for students who are BIPOC [black, indigenous, and people of color] and/or anyone in economic need. For 50% off, use promo code: HOOKSCHILDLIBERATION50. For 75% off, use code HOOKSCHILDLIBERATION75.
Refund Policy: Participants will receive a full refund up to 3 days before the event.
Photo Credit: Cmongirl. CC BY 4.0. Photo has been edited.