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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... perspective that takes into account both women and men , we can also see that there are pat- terns , or systems configurations , that characterize dominator , or alter- natively , partnership , social organization . For example , from a ...
... perspective that takes into account both women and men , we can also see that there are pat- terns , or systems configurations , that characterize dominator , or alter- natively , partnership , social organization . For example , from a ...
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... perspective we have been developing , based on the careful reexamination of our present and past , all this hopelessness is unfounded . All is not hopeless if we recognize it is not human nature but a dominator model of society that in ...
... perspective we have been developing , based on the careful reexamination of our present and past , all this hopelessness is unfounded . All is not hopeless if we recognize it is not human nature but a dominator model of society that in ...
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... Perspective on Sex Differences , " Signs 4 ( Autumn 1978 ) : 97–117 ; Riane Eisler and Vilmos Csanyi , " Hu- man Biology and Social Structure " ( work in progress ) ; Ethel Tobach and Betty Rosoff , eds . , Genes and Gender : I ( New ...
... Perspective on Sex Differences , " Signs 4 ( Autumn 1978 ) : 97–117 ; Riane Eisler and Vilmos Csanyi , " Hu- man Biology and Social Structure " ( work in progress ) ; Ethel Tobach and Betty Rosoff , eds . , Genes and Gender : I ( New ...
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