bell hooks’s Radical Pedagogy: New Visions of Feminism, Justice, Love, and Resistance in the Classroom

What does it mean to lead others toward freedom, to encouragefreedom as an intellectual practice, and to practice freedom ourselves asteachers and learners? How can our education praxis meaningfully counterthe rise of fascism, genocide, legislative violence, state surveillance, bookbanning, risk-averse and punitive administrators, and resistance to politicaland radical instructional material? bell hooks’s Radical Pedagogy: NewVisions of Feminism, Justice, Love, and Resistance in the Classroom gathersanswers to these and other vital questions, drawing from the central tenetsof hooks’ teaching trilogy. This collection includes critical praxis essays,personal reflections from learners and practitioners, and “teachings”designed to facilitate dialogue and promote a productive learningenvironment. Our contributors explore the complex ways teachers andlearners from all educational levels, various disciplines, and locations bothinside and outside of the university employ hooks’s engaged pedagogicalpraxes. Each chapter in bell hooks’s Radical Pedagogy examines how herpedagogical theory and practical wisdom can serve as roadmaps forresisting antiblack, imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist, abled, andcisheteronormative patriarchal pedagogical practices, while simultaneouslycalling for a deep and sustained commitment to the work of “endingdomination in all of its forms.”

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