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 176
... means of stem- ming population growth have been disease , hunger , and war . Giving top priority to reproductive ... mean the end of the present sys- tem . It would mean a transformation from a dominator to a partnership society . And to ...
... means of stem- ming population growth have been disease , hunger , and war . Giving top priority to reproductive ... mean the end of the present sys- tem . It would mean a transformation from a dominator to a partnership society . And to ...
Page 192
... means of attaining social change is not merely passive or nonviolent resistance . By refusing to cooperate with violence and injustice through the use of violent and unjust means , it is the creation of the positive transformative ...
... means of attaining social change is not merely passive or nonviolent resistance . By refusing to cooperate with violence and injustice through the use of violent and unjust means , it is the creation of the positive transformative ...
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... means a real place , and a realizable future , as contrasted to the conventional term utopia , which literally means " no place . " ) 66. Since present population growth rates cannot be sustained by the earth's ecological system , the ...
... means a real place , and a realizable future , as contrasted to the conventional term utopia , which literally means " no place . " ) 66. Since present population growth rates cannot be sustained by the earth's ecological system , the ...
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