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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... villages disintegrated , mag- nificent painted pottery vanished ; as did shrines , frescoes , sculptures , symbols , and script . " 32 At the same time there now comes into play a new living war machine , the armed man on a horse ...
... villages disintegrated , mag- nificent painted pottery vanished ; as did shrines , frescoes , sculptures , symbols , and script . " 32 At the same time there now comes into play a new living war machine , the armed man on a horse ...
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... village life in the valleys of the coastal zones of the Aegean Sea . 6500-6000 : Full - fledged Neolithic , with ... villages . Sa- cred script emerged for use in the religious cult . Rise of the VinĨa , Tisza , Lengyel , Butmir , Danilo ...
... village life in the valleys of the coastal zones of the Aegean Sea . 6500-6000 : Full - fledged Neolithic , with ... villages . Sa- cred script emerged for use in the religious cult . Rise of the VinĨa , Tisza , Lengyel , Butmir , Danilo ...
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... villages and townships no hillforts Egalitarian matrilinear Social Structure Ideology Peaceful , art - loving woman creatress Small villages with semi- subterranean houses chieftains ruling from the hillfort Patriarchal , patrilocal ...
... villages and townships no hillforts Egalitarian matrilinear Social Structure Ideology Peaceful , art - loving woman creatress Small villages with semi- subterranean houses chieftains ruling from the hillfort Patriarchal , patrilocal ...
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