Who was American philosopher bell hooks (1952 - 2021), and what can we learn from her plea for love? Our culture is cynical about love. Many people think love doesn’t exist: young people are afraid to love, because they are afraid of the pain of disappointment. Still, that love is needed, bell hooks claimed, because a loveless society leads to a total spiritual wilderness from which we will never find our way out. Come and listen to philosopher Katrine Smiet and learn why bell hooks is an important Great Thinker.
Saturday 7 March 2026 | 22.35 - 23.00 hrs. | Valkhofzaal (100 p.) | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen
This programme is in Dutch. Please visit the Dutch page
This program is part of Denkwerk Festival of Radboud Reflects at Radboud University, on Saturday, 7 March 2026 at De Lindenberg in Nijmegen. Through (silent) interviews, lectures, music, films, and more, philosophers, theologians, and scholars of religion from Radboud University will encourage you to think more deeply about the major questions of our time.
