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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... woman - animal figurines ear- lier writers dismissed as " monstrosities " all relate to an early form of worship in which the life - giving powers of woman played a major part . They were all expressions of our forebears ' attempts to ...
... woman - animal figurines ear- lier writers dismissed as " monstrosities " all relate to an early form of worship in which the life - giving powers of woman played a major part . They were all expressions of our forebears ' attempts to ...
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... Woman's Role in Economic Development ( London : Allen & Unwin , 1970 ) ; The State of the World's Women 1985 ( compiled for the United Nations by New Inter- nationalist Publications , Oxford , U.K. ) ; Barbara Rogers , The Domestication ...
... Woman's Role in Economic Development ( London : Allen & Unwin , 1970 ) ; The State of the World's Women 1985 ( compiled for the United Nations by New Inter- nationalist Publications , Oxford , U.K. ) ; Barbara Rogers , The Domestication ...
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... Woman ( New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1976 ) , 67 . 35. The Dartmouth Bible , 146 ; 2 Kings 18 : 4 . 36. Campbell , The Mythic Image , 294 . 37. 2 Kings 18 : 4 . 38. For a discussion of Eve's origins , see , e.g. , Robert ...
... Woman ( New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1976 ) , 67 . 35. The Dartmouth Bible , 146 ; 2 Kings 18 : 4 . 36. Campbell , The Mythic Image , 294 . 37. 2 Kings 18 : 4 . 38. For a discussion of Eve's origins , see , e.g. , Robert ...
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