A genuine feminist politics always brings us from bondage to freedom, from lovelessness to loving....There can be no love without justice.—from the chapter "To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism"In this engaging and provocative volume, bell hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of experience. Hers is a vision of a beloved community that appeals to all those committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice.hooks applies her critical analysis to the most contentious and challenging issues facing feminists today, including reproductive rights, violence, race, class, and work. With her customary insight and unsparing honesty, hooks calls for a feminism free from divisive barriers but rich with rigorous debate. In language both eye-opening and optimistic, hooks encourages us to demand alternatives to patriarchal, racist, and homophobic culture, and to imagine a different future.hooks speaks to all those in search of true liberation, asking readers to take look at feminism in a new light, to see that it touches all lives. Issuing an invitation to participate fully in feminist movement and to benefit fully from it, hooks shows that feminism—far from being an outdated concept or one limited to an intellectual elite--is indeed for everybody.bell hooks is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books on the politics of race, gender, class, and culture. A frequent lecturer in the United States and abroad, she is Distinguished Professor of English at City College, City University of New York.

真正的女权主义政治总是把我们从束缚带到自由，从无爱到有爱....，没有正义就没有爱。--摘自《再爱》一章。在这本引人入胜和具有煽动性的书中，贝尔-霍克斯介绍了一种扎根于常识和经验智慧的流行的女权主义理论。她对一个受人爱戴的社区的愿景，吸引了所有致力于平等、相互尊重和公正的人。霍克斯将她的批判性分析应用于当今女权主义者面临的最具争议性和挑战性的问题，包括生殖权利、暴力、种族、阶级和工作。勾践以其惯有的洞察力和坦诚，呼吁建立一个没有分歧障碍但又充满激烈辩论的女权主义。钩子以令人大开眼界和乐观的语言，鼓励我们要求替代父权制、种族主义和仇视同性恋的文化，并想象一个不同的未来。钩子对所有寻求真正解放的人说话，要求读者以新的眼光看待女权主义，看到它触及所有生命。霍克斯发出了全面参与女权运动并从中充分受益的邀请，表明女权主义--远不是一个过时的概念或仅限于知识精英的概念--确实是为所有人服务的。她经常在美国和国外演讲，是纽约市立大学城市学院的英语特聘教授。