The Chalice and the Blade | Our History, Our Future
Author - Riane Eisler
Year published - 1988
Published by - Harper Collins
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - History In General
Summary
The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past. It tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in the past.
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Author - Riane Eisler
Year published - 1988
Published by - Harper Collins
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - History In General
Summary
The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past. It tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in the past.
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Author - Riane Eisler
Year published - 1988
Published by - Harper Collins
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - History In General
Summary
The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past. It tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in the past.
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