The author of The Chalice and the Blade proposes a new economics based on care in this "impressive work that's . . . well argued, insightful and hopeful" ( Publishers Weekly).Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations provided the first explanation of the workings of modern economics. But with his focus on "the market" as the best mechanism for producing and distributing the necessities of life, Smith's concepts only told part of the story, leadin...

When Students Love to Learn and Teachers Love to TeachIn this revolutionary book, Marshall Rosenberg empowers educators to transform schools into life-serving, learning-rich environments that maximize the potential of each student.Filled with insight, adaptable exercises and role-plays, Life-Enriching Education gives educators practical skills to generate mutually respectful classroom relationships. Discover how our language and organizational structures directly imp...

Isn’t it time you took a stand? Many women struggle with assertiveness, but if you’re prone to anxiety and avoidance, it is especially difficult. Grounded in attachment theory, this essential guide will help you identify your thoughts and feelings, balance your emotions, communicate your needs, and set healthy boundaries to improve your life.When you’re assertive, you’re able to communicate your needs and wishes clearly while respecting yourself and anyone else inv...

Nurturing Our Humanity offers a new perspective on our personal and social options in today's world, showing how we can build societies that support our great human capacities for consciousness, caring, and creativity. It brings together findings--largely overlooked--from the natural and social sciences debunking the popular idea that we are hard-wired for selfishness, war, rape, and greed. Its groundbreaking new approach reveals connections between disturbing trends like climate ...

Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence—and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations.

Now with an updated epilogue celebrating the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking and increasingly relevant book."May be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes." – LA WeeklyThe Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins, tracing humanity’s long-forgotten history into deep prehistory. This landmark work of feminist history shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are not our only...

Internationally known scholar, author, futurist and activist Riane Eisler cogently states that if we are to survive as a species we must release the "Domination" model, which has shaped our present day civilization, and move to a new paradigm. According to her, the shift from the "Domination" model to the "Partnership" model has never been more urgent.

In a condensed version read by the author, The Chalice and the Blade presents new scripts for living based on a more socially, economically, ecologically, personally, and spiritually balanced society rather than on the tension and violence typical of what Eisler calls the dominator model. Her vision is the partnership model, which today is struggling to reemerge. "The most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species."- Ashley Montagu

Riane Eisler, renowned author of The Chalice and the Blade (HarperSanFrancisco 1988), draws on her visionary work on family, feminine leadership, and patriarchy to create solutions to the economic woes facing our nation and our world.

In the war of the sexes, both lose. says Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade, a seminal study of early societies based on partnership rather than domination, continues her keen re-thinking of social reality by focusing here on gender, pleasure and sexuality.

First published in 1999. One of the most unexpected developments of the late twentieth century is the rebirth of the religion of the Goddess in western cultures. Though we were taught that the Gods and Goddesses died with the triumph of Christianity, the re-emergence of the Goddess is not as surprising as it might seem. This book explores the meaning of the Goddess, and the questions we ask as well as the ways we answer them.

How some feminists have used religion to turn the "Fall of Man" into the fall of men.