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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... brain functions only - arose through the cataclysmic jolts provided by the bloody sequence of invasions and natural disasters we have examined . In fact , he contended that until then we were little more than right - brained , god ...
... brain functions only - arose through the cataclysmic jolts provided by the bloody sequence of invasions and natural disasters we have examined . In fact , he contended that until then we were little more than right - brained , god ...
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... brain as well as right - brain thinking . For Crete's material achieve- ments are astonishing even by modern standards , actually surpassing those of many developing societies today . Still more arresting , when compared to our modern ...
... brain as well as right - brain thinking . For Crete's material achieve- ments are astonishing even by modern standards , actually surpassing those of many developing societies today . Still more arresting , when compared to our modern ...
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... Brain , and Heart : A Feminist Epistemology for the Natural Sciences , " 191 Haraway , Donna , 149 " The Hard and the Soft : The Force of Feminism in Modern Times , " 144 Harman , Willis , 195 Harrison , Jane , 112 Hathor , 30 , 70 ...
... Brain , and Heart : A Feminist Epistemology for the Natural Sciences , " 191 Haraway , Donna , 149 " The Hard and the Soft : The Force of Feminism in Modern Times , " 144 Harman , Willis , 195 Harrison , Jane , 112 Hathor , 30 , 70 ...
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