The Chalice and the Blade
The Chalice and the Blade Since its publication in 1987, The Chalice and the Blade has had a significant and lasting influence across various fields, including sociology, gender studies, education, peace studies, and cultural history. Riane Eisler’s framework of the “partnership” and “dominator” models has become an influential lens through which academics, activists, and educators […]
Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future
Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future Riane Eisler, and Douglas Fry pull together insights from psychology, social science, anthropology, neuroscience and history to make the case that societies can be arranged in a spectrum ranging from domination-based to partnership-based. Their biocultural partnership-domination framework combines insights across disciplines to […]
How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies
How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies This interview of Riane Eisler, featured in Scientific American, offers a fascinating glimpse into how this pioneering thinker’s personal experiences gave rise to her ground-breaking research. This research offers a blueprint for transforming societies from structures of dominance to those based on partnership. Domination societies are characterized by coercion, […]