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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... theory of cultural evolution . This theory , which I have called cultural transformation theory , proposes that un- derlying the great surface diversity of human culture are two basic models of society . The first , which I call the ...
... theory of cultural evolution . This theory , which I have called cultural transformation theory , proposes that un- derlying the great surface diversity of human culture are two basic models of society . The first , which I call the ...
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... theory and data is sometimes iden- tified with the " new physics " popularized by books such as Fritjof Ca- pra's Tao of Physics and The Turning Point . " It is sometimes also called " chaos " theory because , for the first time in the ...
... theory and data is sometimes iden- tified with the " new physics " popularized by books such as Fritjof Ca- pra's Tao of Physics and The Turning Point . " It is sometimes also called " chaos " theory because , for the first time in the ...
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... theories of social evolution , such as Pitirim Sorokin's theory of the " ideational , ” “ sensate , ” and “ idealistic " phases of culture . In these theories , the stages may happen repeatedly , but each cycle invariably follows the ...
... theories of social evolution , such as Pitirim Sorokin's theory of the " ideational , ” “ sensate , ” and “ idealistic " phases of culture . In these theories , the stages may happen repeatedly , but each cycle invariably follows the ...
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