The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future"In prehistorical times, Eisler argues, women and men lived together in egalitarian communities devoted to nurturance; with the imposition of male domination, female values gave way to creeds of hierarchy, aggression, power, obedience. Eisler, a futurist, posits a new society based on the recovery of more humane values."--From Library journal (6/1/85). |
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... Paleolithic wall paint- ings were interpreted as relating to hunting even when they showed women dancing . Similarly , as already noted , the evidence of a female- centered anthropomorphic form of worship - such as finds of broad ...
... Paleolithic wall paint- ings were interpreted as relating to hunting even when they showed women dancing . Similarly , as already noted , the evidence of a female- centered anthropomorphic form of worship - such as finds of broad ...
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... Paleolithic forebears . But , following the impact of the first publication of Paleolithic cave paintings in magnificent color plates , the evocative power of this art has become legendary . Some of the renditions of animals are as fine ...
... Paleolithic forebears . But , following the impact of the first publication of Paleolithic cave paintings in magnificent color plates , the evocative power of this art has become legendary . Some of the renditions of animals are as fine ...
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... Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic are sometimes used interchangeably . This practice has been followed here , although most of the discussion pertains to the Upper Paleolithic : the period from ca. 30,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. It is to this ...
... Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic are sometimes used interchangeably . This practice has been followed here , although most of the discussion pertains to the Upper Paleolithic : the period from ca. 30,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. It is to this ...
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