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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... equally , or more " advanced " than one another . But as dating became a function of repeatable and verifiable techniques , one could no longer get away with saying that if an artifact was more artistically or technologically developed ...
... equally , or more " advanced " than one another . But as dating became a function of repeatable and verifiable techniques , one could no longer get away with saying that if an artifact was more artistically or technologically developed ...
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... equally , they listen equally , they pray equally — even pagans if they happen to come . " He was similarly outraged that " they also share the kiss of peace with all who come . # 16 But what outraged Tertullian most — as well it might ...
... equally , they listen equally , they pray equally — even pagans if they happen to come . " He was similarly outraged that " they also share the kiss of peace with all who come . # 16 But what outraged Tertullian most — as well it might ...
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... equally fundamental changes in social realities , which profoundly affected the lives of all women and men . In first the American and then the French revolutions , the institu- tion of Kingship - for many centuries a cornerstone of ...
... equally fundamental changes in social realities , which profoundly affected the lives of all women and men . In first the American and then the French revolutions , the institu- tion of Kingship - for many centuries a cornerstone of ...
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