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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... organization is maladaptive . Because this dominator model now seems to be reaching its logical limits , many men and women are today rejecting long - standing prin- ciples of social organization , including their stereotypical sexual ...
... organization is maladaptive . Because this dominator model now seems to be reaching its logical limits , many men and women are today rejecting long - standing prin- ciples of social organization , including their stereotypical sexual ...
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... organization . However , using the per- spective of cultural transformation theory we have been developing , it does fit the other alternative for human organization : a partnership society in which neither half of humanity is ranked ...
... organization . However , using the per- spective of cultural transformation theory we have been developing , it does fit the other alternative for human organization : a partnership society in which neither half of humanity is ranked ...
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... organization . On the structural level , this is reflected in periodic alterations in the way human relations are organized - particularly the relations between the female and male halves of humanity . On the level of values , it is ...
... organization . On the structural level , this is reflected in periodic alterations in the way human relations are organized - particularly the relations between the female and male halves of humanity . On the level of values , it is ...
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