The chalice and the blade : our history, our future

Summary: The Chalice and the blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. 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, and obedience.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062502896
ISBN: 0062502891
Physical Description: xxiii, 275 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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Edition: 30th Anniversary [edition].
Publisher: [San Francisco] : HarperOne, [1995]
Copyright: ©1995

Content descriptions

General Note:	"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover. ISBN unchanged from previous edition.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-249) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The chalice and the blade -- Journey into a lost world : the beginnings of civilization -- Messages from the past : the world of the goddess -- The essential difference : Crete -- Dark order out of chaos : from the chalice to the blade -- Memories of a lost age : the legacy of the goddess -- Reality stood on its head: part I -- Reality stood on its head: part II -- The other half of history: part I -- The other half of history: part II -- The patterns of the past : gylany and history -- Breaking free : the unfinished transformation -- The breakdown of evolution : a dominator future -- Breakthrough in evolution : toward a partnership future.