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Riane Eisler

Riane Eisler

Official website of futurist, social-systems scientist, and cultural historian Riane Eisler

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Bookshelf

Dr. Riane Eisler’s extensive research published in her books has inspired scholars and social activists. Her research has had an effect in many fields, including history, literature, philosophy, art, economics, psychology, sociology, education, human rights, organizational development, political science, and healthcare.

English Editions

Dr. Riane Eisler is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 27 foreign editions and 57 U.S. printings. Her book on economics, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, was hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking” and by Jane Goodall as “a call to action.” Her Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships, co-authored with Teddie Potter, won national and international awards, and her Equal Rights Handbook was the only mass paperback on the Equal Rights Amendment.

Listen to Dr. Eisler’s two-minute introduction to her newest book, Nurturing Our Humanity:

August 13, 2019

Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future

“Nurturing Our Humanity” holds the key to a clear perspective on our personal and social options in today’s world, showing how to structure our environments – from family and gender relations…
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August 13, 2019
August 24, 2017

Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World

Riane Eisler is featured in Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World as one of 20 international leaders who have made major contributions to world peace.
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August 24, 2017
October 14, 2014

German Edition of the Chalice and the Blade – Kelch und Schwert

Kelch und Schwert: Unsere Geschichte, unsere Zukunft Weibliches & männliches Prinzip in der GeschichteMit einem Vorwort von Daniel Goeudevert.Stimmen zum Buch: “Von der Fremdbestimmung zur Partnerschaft ist eines dieser wunderbaren Bücher,…

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October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014

Portugese Edition of Chalice and The Blade – O Calice E A Espada

‘O cálice e a espada’ levanta evidências arqueológicas e históricas que provam ter havido, em um passado distante, sociedades pacíficas e igualitárias organizadas em torno da cooperação e do respeito por…

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October 14, 2014
January 1, 2014

Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships

Provides nurses and other healthcare workers practical tools to build a more effective, caring, and sustainable health care system.
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January 1, 2014
November 22, 2011

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future

Tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that war and the “war of the sexes” are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.
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November 22, 2011
August 1, 2007

3000 Years of Love

The story of the lives and work of Riane Eisler and David Loye—their partnership, their adventures and travels, and their shared passion to help build a more equitable and caring world.
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August 1, 2007
March 28, 2007

The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics

Riane Eisler shows that the great problems of our time — such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation — are due largely to flawed economic systems that set the…
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March 28, 2007
September 10, 2004

Educating for a Culture of Peace

A tool for meaningful and lasting social change toward a genuine culture of peace.
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September 10, 2004
March 18, 2003

The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships That Will Change Your Life

A self-help book that recognizes that the self can’t be helped in isolation.
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March 18, 2003
January 6, 2000

Tomorrow’s Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education in the 21st Century

Riane Eisler goes beyond conventional debates about educational reform to what today’s and tomorrow’s children need to survive and flourish.
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January 6, 2000
January 6, 1999

The ERA Handbook: What ERA Means to Your Life, Your Rights, and the Future

Riane Eisler presents the case for the ERA as a matter of simple justice.
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January 6, 1999
May 10, 1996

Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body, New Paths to Power and Love

Riane Eisler explores the past, present, and potential future
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May 10, 1996
January 6, 1995

Women, Men, and the Global Quality of Life

Riane Eisler reveals the connection between women’s rights and a better quality of life for both men and women.
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January 6, 1995
December 23, 1990

The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living and Learning

This partnership workbook shows how women and men can “rewrite” their life scripts with alternatives to domination, manipulation, and violence.
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December 23, 1990

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