It shows that war and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. Riane Eisler has 29 books on Goodreads with 13752 ratings. Her book on economics, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, was hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as «a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking. By Riane Eisler The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. Department of State, and Congressional briefings, and has spoken at corporations and universities worldwide on applications of the partnership model introduced in her work.Įisler was a child refugee from Nazi Europe, and that experience eventually led to her multidisciplinary re-examination of human societies and human possibilities. Eisler is president of the Center for Partnership Systems(CPS), dedicated to research and education, Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, an online peer-reviewed journal at the University of Minnesota that was inspired by her work, keynotes conferences nationally and internationally, has addressed the United Nations General Assembly, the U.S.
Her newest work, Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future, co-authored with anthropologist Douglas Fry (Oxford University Press, 2019), shows how to construct a more equitable, sustainable, and less violent world based on partnership rather than domination.ĭr.
It is a bit scholarly for some peoples taste, but is a fascinating and well-written discussion of the historical perspective on the patriarchal versus matriarchal cultural models and the application to modern times and peoples. 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.
It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. She is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 57 U.S. Riane Eislers 'The Chalice and the Blade' I am so enthralled with this book that I have bought several copies for friends. The Chalice and the blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Thunder_in_God's_Country_poster.Riane Eisler is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, futurist, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking have transformed the lives of people worldwide.The first, and most familiar, is what she terms the 'dominator model.' In the dominator model, diversity requires ranking and hierarchy, giving some power over others.
It shows that war and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.