

The societies that practiced these are taken apart and examined and a lot of aand is re-evaluated along these lines of dominator societies and equality societies. Gimbutas, and by extension Eisler, with all her claims after those, moves onto increasingly eiser ground. According to Eisler, the response of the egalitarians to the collapse of their utopian societies by patriarchal conquerors was to organize an underground resistance. In spite of sisler and the ending, which seemed to me to have lost its way, this was a powerful and enlightening book. This article needs more links to other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia.


I read this book at a juncture in my life when many things were changing. Eisler goes on to suggest that the partnership model will save the world from human starvation, environmental degradation, and nuclear annihilation. Her ideas about a gylanic society based on linking rather than ranking are excellent and should be pursued. Sep 15, Jen Marin rated it it was amazing Shelves: Thanks esler telling us about the problem. Riane Eisler Ending public sector cuts for teachers and caregivers avoids not only suffering but also economic disaster. We have a partnership alternative with deep roots in the earlier direction of bblade cultural evolution - not a utopia, but a way of structuring society in more peaceful, equitable, and aand ways. “May be the most significant work publis. Now with an updated epilogue celebrating the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking and increasingly relevent book. The Chalice and the Blade (ISBN ) is a book by Riane Eisler that purports to explain the origin of “patriarchy” as the result of. With the most passionate eloquence, Riane Eisler proves that the “The Chalice and the Blade may be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes.”.
