- THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE BY RIANNE ISLER VERIFICATION
- THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE BY RIANNE ISLER CODE
That so-called is oddly placed, because its clear that Eisler sees women as the bearers of the peaceful virtues men are regressive and violent unless they submit to a feminine value system. I feel like my comments on the second half of the book, in which Eisler moves away from prehistory to deal with the political power men have had over women throughout history, can be dealt with by pointing out that its unfortunate that Judith Butlers Gender Trouble came out in 1990, three years after Eisler first wrote this.Įisler sees the main theme throughout history as the struggle between so-called feminine and masculine values (138). Gimbutas, and by extension Eisler, with all her claims after those, moves onto increasingly shakier ground.* Anything after that, we cant really say for sure. My conclusion: there are a couple strong points to the idea of a more egalitarian Neolithic society that had possible elements of a religion involving numerous goddesses. Gimbutas is a highly controversial figure in archaeology, and I tried to wade a bit into the debate around her by reading a number of articles, to better weigh Eislers argument. The first half is in large part a summary and popularizing of the work of archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, who argues that before the spread of Indo-European civilization there existed a matrifocal, peaceful, egalitarian society, that practiced a predominately female-oriented polytheism that also involved a single Goddess figure.
I read it because I know a number of people who claim this book fundamentally shaped their worldview (and a number of others who dont make that claim, but are certainly influenced by the popularity of Eislers ideas).
Three stars because it was a pretty interesting read, and she covers, well, all of human history. Their book, The Chalice & the Blade in Chinese Culture, was published in 1995 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in English and Chinese.The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler For example, in China, scholars applied the cultural transformation theory introduced in The Chalice & the Blade and found that (as in the West) an earlier partnership-oriented culture once flourished. For example, anthropologist Ashley Montagu called it “the most important book since Darwin’s Origin of Species” and novelist Isabel Allende wrote, “ The Chalice & the Blade is one of those magnificent key books that can transform us.” It has been hailed as a major cultural contribution.
THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE BY RIANNE ISLER CODE
The book has influenced popular thinking, was called “the greatest murder mystery of all times,” and inspired Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code with its challenge to conventional religious dogmas. Riane Eisler’s The Chalice & the Blade: Our History, Our Future has sold over 500,000 copies and has been translated into 26 languages including Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Japanese, Korean, Urdu, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Finnish, Danish, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian, with a British edition in Australia, India, and South Africa.
THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE BY RIANNE ISLER VERIFICATION
It provides verification that a better future is possible - and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting drama of what actually happened in our past. Weaving together evidence from art, archeology, religion, social science, history, and many other fields of inquiry into new patterns that more accurately fit the best available data, it shows that war and the “war of the sexes” are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. This international bestseller - now in 27 foreign editions, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, and most European languages - tells a fascinating new story of our past, present, and the possibilities for our future. And it provides verification that a better future is possible - and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting drama of what actually happened in our past. It shows that war and the “war of the sexes” are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.
The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins.
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