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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Page 105
... force or the threat of force by men , I propose the term androcracy . Already in some use , this term derives from the Greek root words andros , or " man , " and kratos ( as in democratic ) , or " ruled . " To describe the real ...
... force or the threat of force by men , I propose the term androcracy . Already in some use , this term derives from the Greek root words andros , or " man , " and kratos ( as in democratic ) , or " ruled . " To describe the real ...
Page 148
... force central , not only to our past , but also to our prospects for a better future . One of the first twentieth - century works to try to redress this patho- logical omission of women from what has conventionally been written as ...
... force central , not only to our past , but also to our prospects for a better future . One of the first twentieth - century works to try to redress this patho- logical omission of women from what has conventionally been written as ...
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... force or the threat of force not only inhibit personal creativity but also result in social systems in which the lowest ( basest ) human qualities are reinforced and humanity's higher aspirations ( traits such as com- passion and ...
... force or the threat of force not only inhibit personal creativity but also result in social systems in which the lowest ( basest ) human qualities are reinforced and humanity's higher aspirations ( traits such as com- passion and ...
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