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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... activities both pleasurable and meaningful . " Music , singing , and dancing added to the pleasures of life , " writes Platon . " There were frequent public ceremonies , mostly religious , accompanied by proces- sions , banquets , and ...
... activities both pleasurable and meaningful . " Music , singing , and dancing added to the pleasures of life , " writes Platon . " There were frequent public ceremonies , mostly religious , accompanied by proces- sions , banquets , and ...
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... activities of women working for a just and humane society . But in fact after fact now being uncovered , our lost history shows these activities of women to be extremely significant . For , as we will later examine in more detail , they ...
... activities of women working for a just and humane society . But in fact after fact now being uncovered , our lost history shows these activities of women to be extremely significant . For , as we will later examine in more detail , they ...
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... activities of women in Western history . In Women as a Force in History , Beard remarks on " the wide - reaching , and influential activities of Italian women in the promotion of human- istic learning " during the Renaissance . She ...
... activities of women in Western history . In Women as a Force in History , Beard remarks on " the wide - reaching , and influential activities of Italian women in the promotion of human- istic learning " during the Renaissance . She ...
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