(DIS) APPROXIMATIONS BETWEEN BELL HOOKS AND GENI NÚÑEZ:

Love as a Revolutionary Means

Abstract

The present work aimed to explore the complexity of love and its definitions through a comparative analysis of the work of two authors. The chosen authors were bell hooks and Geni Núñez, known for their writings on love from a decolonial perspective and in opposition to romantic love. A comparative documentary research was conducted based on the following documents: 1. The book All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks; 2. The chapter Love as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks; 3. The chapter The Practice of Love by bell hooks; 4. The book Decolonizing Affects: Experimentations on Other Ways of Loving; 5. The lecture Monogamy and Identity in the Clinic by Geni Núñez. The analysis provided an overview of the similarities and differences between the authors and their perceptions of love as a decolonial practice. It is noteworthy that both authors converge in their understanding of love as a practice, an action directed toward freedom. However, they diverge in their definitions of some critiques and positions regarding capitalist institutions, differences that primarily stem from the epistemological understandings of each author, as they come from distinct places—one speaks from a critical perspective of Black feminism in the United States, while the other from the radicality of decolonization proposed by the Guarani indigenous peoples.