All About Love: New Visions - Chapters 7 - 8 Summary & Analysis

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All About Love: New Visions - Chapters 7 - 8 Summary & Analysis

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Chapter 7: Many people feel isolated and lonely, which hooks sees as a consequence of materialism and narcissism. She writes that the failure of radical social justice movements in the 1960s and 1970s and the impact of the Vietnam war led to both personal and cultural despair. Society turns away from a belief in the power of community and connection and turned instead toward a materialistic, consumerist, and capitalist ethos. Other factors including the Watergate scandal and the decline in influence of religion led to moral disillusionment and a rise in capitalist greed. hooks then connects this psychological anguish to the rise of addiction, which makes love impossible. hooks cautions against the instant gratification of greed which is nothing compared to the gratification of love which requires time, energy, and emotional investment.

A culture of materialism and greed also leads to the dehumanization of...

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