"The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination."
"When reformist feminist thinkers from privileged class backgrounds whose primary agenda was achieving social equality with men of their class equated work with liberation, they meant high-paying careers. Their vision of work had little relevance for masses of women."
"Most women, especially privileged white women, ceased even to consider revolutionary feminist visions, once they began to gain economic power within the existing social structure."
"Significantly, in future feminist movement we will spend less time critiquing patriarchal marriage bonds and expend more effort showing alternatives, showing the value of peer relationships which are founded on principles of equality, respect, and the belief that mutual satisfaction and growth are n"
as known as “女权主义入门书籍”并不是说这是一些学习女权的“基础”知识,而是想要消除对女权主义一种学院化,理论化,充满门槛的想象偏见。读BellHooks总是能读到爱!女权主义不是against men(部分男性也是父权制的受害者)也不仅仅是得到男人已经拥有的东西(说到底还是对权力的附庸)而是 living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal. 女权主义者群体因为个体经历的不同和局限,必定是分裂的,这种“内部仇恨”也是内在化的性别主义。女权主义思想帮助我们意识到女性的自我仇恨,帮助我们从作用于我们意识的父权制思想中解脱
bell hooks以自己的生命经验为坐标原点,向大众呼唤女权主义的激进性(批评不彻底的改革派)、交叉性(性别、种族、阶级、民族、地方、全球等)、纯洁性(批评机会主义、投机取巧、以女权作为踏板获取私利)和行动性(女权主义是行动的理论,需要面向群众,批评学院化/学术化趋势)。因此bell也坚持以更易懂、低门槛但又不失力量的文字笔调进行女权主义的创作。
书中讨论种种议题的过程中,也让我们学会如何以更敏锐、更全面的女权主义视角看待问题,抓住本症。
作为一本小册子,《激情的政治》包纳了丰富的内容,但它并非百宝书,因为没有哪本女权主义书籍可以提供关于父权的全部答案,但它必须是能引人思考并推动妇运进步的。很高兴在三八妇女节的前一天读完这本宝贵的女权前辈的思想结晶。
(译者的附录作品也很有可读价值)