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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... earlier days but by teams of scientists - zoologists , bot- anists , climatologists , anthropologists ... earlier views about prehistory . We now know that agriculture — the domestication of wild plants as well as animals - dates back ...
... earlier days but by teams of scientists - zoologists , bot- anists , climatologists , anthropologists ... earlier views about prehistory . We now know that agriculture — the domestication of wild plants as well as animals - dates back ...
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... earlier time before male dominance and the supremacy of fearful , armed male deities became the norm is also ... earlier times . But it is not only that these reforms took place during times when queens still ( or once again ) wielded ...
... earlier time before male dominance and the supremacy of fearful , armed male deities became the norm is also ... earlier times . But it is not only that these reforms took place during times when queens still ( or once again ) wielded ...
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... earlier Goddess - worshiping peoples of the area , whose language has otherwise been lost.23 The Gifts of Civilization It is a widespread assumption that however bloody things have been since the days of the Sumerians and Assyrians this ...
... earlier Goddess - worshiping peoples of the area , whose language has otherwise been lost.23 The Gifts of Civilization It is a widespread assumption that however bloody things have been since the days of the Sumerians and Assyrians this ...
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