The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

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Bell Hooks has been called one of America's leading public intellectuals. Created in response to her in-depth discussions with men The Will to Change challenges men to reclaim the sensitivity and love that today's embattled masculinity has forsaken. With her trademark candour and fierce intelligence, Hooks answers the most common concerns of men - from fears of intimacy to the loss of their patriarchal place in society. The result is a book that can help men to feel, to need and to desire openly - qualities that will allow them to thrive as they never have before.

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"A fierce, quirky denunciation of patriarchy and a clarion call to the uncommitted to align themselves with visionary radical feminism." - Publishers Weekly; "A compelling study of the culture's unfairness to men." - George Weinberg, author of Why Men Won't Commit"

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bell hooks divides her time amongst teaching, writing, and lecturing around the world. The author of more than sixteen books, she is a distinguished professor of English at City College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.