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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| Title | The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future Volume 4283 of Perennial Library |
| Author | Riane Tennenhaus Eisler |
| Editors | David Loye, Harper & Row Publishers |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0062502875, 9780062502872 |
| Length | 261 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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