This thought-provoking book looks to the origins of culture as a means of assessing the current state of civilization and the direction in which it is heading. Drawing from art, archaeology, religion, social science, and history, the author concerns himself with the cruelty and inequality that has been a mark of human civilization since the dawn ...
The great problems of our time such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation are due in part to our flawed economic models that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic measures, policies, and practices fail to give visibility and value to the most essential human work the work of ...
Addressing the need for a dynamic change in the formula schools use to mould their students, this groundbreaking guide provides a new approach to education that serves the lives of everyone in the learning community. By implementing the unique communication skills outlined, educators can promote co-operation and understanding and address many of ...
Eisler, author of THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE, calls on readers to take account of the impact their relationships have on the world around them. THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIP reminds us that we don't interact with just ourselves, friends, and family, but also with the environment, our work, and other "forces" on a daily basis--all of which can alter the ...
Riane Eisler argues that change is necessary in our society to prevent increased violence. She believes this change hinges on the achievement of equality of the sexes, where neither male nor female is dominant, but mutual cooperation drives them both.
Exploring the ideas and information in The Chalice and The Blade, this guide stimulates reflection and discussion and offers exercises for imagining and experiencing new ways of thinking and feeling. Illustrated.
Riane Eisler argues that change is necessary in our society to prevent increased violence. She believes this change hinges on the achievement of equality of the sexes, where neither male nor female is dominant, but mutual cooperation drives them both.
In the wake of the tragedy of the shootings in Littleton at Columbine High School and other killings of children by children, there is increasing recognition of the urgent need for a deep systemic reassessment of what we are teaching our children. Based on the multidisciplinary research conducted by Riane Eisler over three decades, Tomorrows ...
This text proposes two models of human history: the blade represents the "dominator model", a world of conflict and domination, threatened with environmental destruction; the chalice represents the "partnership model", a society based on equality and co-operation. Eisler uncovers the existence, prehistory, of a goddess culture where the chalice ...
From the best-selling social thinker, Riane Eisler, a new model for childhood education and a healthier, more humane world.. When Riane Eisler published her classic book The Chalice and the Blade in 1987 she introduced the idea of partnership, a model for society that stresses environmental sustainability, nonviolence, multiculturalism, and ...
This vivid and well-documented book by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler traces the dissolution of the traditional American nuclear family, and the rapid growth of no-fault divorce, in which grounds are no longer based on guilt or innocence. The author analyses both the laws and institutions relating to marriage and divorce, as well as the division of ...
Born in Vienna, Riane Tennenhaus Eisler became a refugee from the Nazis at the age of seven. She and her family escaped to Cuba, where she spent her childhood. At the age of 14, Eisler and her parents emigrated to the United States, where she obtained degrees in sociology, anthropology, and law at UCLA. She taught at UCLA and was at the ...
Originally published as THE FEMINIST COMPANION TO MYTHOLOGY in 1992, the latest edition of this essential feminist resourcecomplete with a new Forewordunveils the feminine elements in mythologies around the world. The book is illustrated throughout and organized by culture, spanning the near East, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. It even ...
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