Thursday, October 6, 2016

Who are they

Dr Cornell West is a philosopher, activist, author, and much more. He describes himself as a non-Marxist socialist. He believes that the US is a "racist patriarchal nation" where white supremacy is still very alive today. He attributes most of the black community's problems to "existential angst derive[d] from the lived experience of ontological wounds and emotional scars inflicted by white supremacist beliefs and images permeating U.S. society and culture." He is very involved in news and media today. It also seems like he hates Wall street.
bells hooks is a feminist and social activist who focuses on gender, intersectionality of race, and capitalism. I think it's very interesting that she talks a lot about media.. how movies have an impression on us, even the strongest minds are influenced by the images seen in movies, and there's nothing we can do about it. She also talks a lot about race and feminism, and the idea of marginality..  "To be in the margin is to be part of the whole but outside the main body." She also said "Women in lower class and poor groups, particularly those who are non-white, would not have defined women's liberation as women gaining social equality with men since they are continually reminded in their everyday lives that all women do not share a common social status."
She has a lot to say about love, how loves works and when it cannot be present. While reading and writing about her, I am thinking about how I can't think of very many black woman who are activists.. and can advocate this important and unique perspective to the world..
Michael Foucault was a philosopher, social theorist, and literary critic. He thought of himself as criticizing history of modernity. He explores the relationship between power and knowledge. I got this from wikipedia, "Foucault's colleague Pierre Bourdieu summarised the philosopher's thought as "a long exploration of transgression, of going beyond social limits, always inseparably linked to knowledge and power.'" Cool.. that sounds post modern to me!
I would like to have more time to research these people.. Especially bell hooks

2 comments:

  1. I think we should read more about bell hooks and her ideas about love and community...

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  2. I think we should read more about bell hooks and her ideas about love and community...

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