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

Riane Eisler

In the wake of the tragedy of the shootings in Littleton at Columbine High School and other killings of children by children, there is increasing recognition of the urgent need for a deep systemic reassessment of what we are teaching our children. Based on the multidisciplinary research conducted by Riane Eisler over three decades, TOMORROW'S CHILDREN presents a new integrated model for education: the partnership model.This model is an outgrowth of the cultural transformation theory developed by Dr. Eisler in her classic work THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE. In that book, Eisler identifies a continuum of patterns for structuring relations. At one end of the continuum is the partnership model, which embodies equity, environmental sustainability, multiculturalism, and gender-fairness. At the opposite end of the continuum is the dominator model, which has marred much of our civilization. This model emphasizes control, authoritarianism, violence, gender discrimination, and environmental destruction. Eisler also shows that we today stand at a crossroads, where a shift to the partnership end of the continuum is essential for human welfare, and possibly survival. A new kind of education system is required to effectuate this shift. TOMORROW'S CHILDREN applies the partnership model to education from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond, providing practical guidance for educators, parents, and students. Rather than one more add-on to existing methods and curricula, it provides a systemic approach that offers a more accurate and hopeful picture of what being human means. The curriculum loom and learning tapestry Eisler presents in TOMORROW'S CHILDREN integrate three primary components of teaching and learning: what Eisler calls partnership process, partnership structure, and partnership content. The book melds Eisler's research and the work of many progressive educators into a cohesive and compelling blueprint for the kind of proactive education children need to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As Nel Noddings, a noted professor of education from Stanford University, writes, "the adoption of a partnership model in both schools and the larger society is essential for human life to flourish."

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2000

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The Equal Rights Handbook

Riane Eisler

Born in Vienna, Riane Tennenhaus Eisler became a refugee from the Nazis at the age of seven. She and her family escaped to Cuba, where she spent her childhood. At the age of 14, Eisler and her parents emigrated to the United States, where she obtained degrees in sociology, anthropology, and law at UCLA. She taught at UCLA and was at the forefront of the Women's Movement in the Seventies. Her first book, "Dissolution: No-Fault Divorce, Marriage, and the Future of Women" predicted the feminization of poverty, and her second, "The ERA Handbook: What ERA Means to Your Life, Your Rights, and the Future," blueprinted one of the most important social movements of our time. "The Equal Rights Handbook" presents the case for the ERA as a matter of simple justice.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1978

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The Gate: A Memoir of Love and Reflection

Riane Eisler

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Ecstasy: The Quest Love Trilogy

Riane Eisler; John Gray; Erica Jong; Thomas Moore; Marianne Williamson; James Hillman; Harville Hendrix; Naomi Wolf; Margo Anand; Barbara De Angelis

Leading experts and bestselling authors discuss the search for meaning, connection, and the "real" moments in life. They explain the concept of looking at sexuality in terms of how we deal with energy, and our eternal search for ecstasy and the ability to experience it on many levels. Features John Gray, Harville Hendrix, Barbara De Angelis, Margo Anand, Thomas Moore, Riane Eisler, James Hillman, Erica Jong, Marianne Williamson, and Naomi Wolf.

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Love, Passion & Soul: The Quest Love Trilogy

Riane Eisler; John Gray; Thomas Moore; Marianne Williamson; Harville Hendrix; Margo Anand

Six of today's bestselling personal development authors discuss the issues surrounding love in our lives, including such topics as discovering renewed ecstasy in commitment; practicing enlightened monogamy; forging lasting relationships; practicing modern tantric exercises. Features John Gray, Harville Hendrix, Thomas Moore, Margo Anand, Riane Eisler, and Marianne Williamson.

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The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living & Learning

Riane Eisler; David Love

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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future

Riane Eisler

The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Bladehas inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past.

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Other editions: 1997, Hardcover - 1987

Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body

Riane Eisler

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.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1995

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When the Canary Stops Singing: Women's Perspectives on Transforming Business

Riane Eisler; Kathleen Keating; Pat Barrentine; Carol Frenier

Early in the century, miners would take canaries below ground with them. When the canary stopped singing, they knew the air was too toxic to breathe. Like the canaries, women who work in today's corporate marketplace are serving as an early warning system to alert us that the business environment is becoming unhealthy and we must make far-reaching changes. The authors of these essays go beyond sounding a warning to serve as harbingers of essential business transformation. They are entrepreneurs, consultants, corporate executives, and thinkers of all stripes. While big companies conduct "business as usual", these women are pioneering innovation. In fifteen provocative, practical, and insightful essays, they share painful struggles, striking new metaphors, stories and legends, and fresh analogies - the corporate mythology of tomorrow, the raw, vital stuff of transformation. As varied as their backgrounds and perspectives may be, these women see a common need and share a common goal - to create more humane and nurturing workplaces. Truth and a willingness to risk are benchmarks of the essays, as is the search for personal and spiritual freedom. The authors speak of personal responsibility and a balance among all the areas of one's life. Work becomes an arena for self-discovery, explained through metaphors that are organic, contrasting with traditional male metaphors taken from sports and the military. The controlling "power over" becomes life-nurturing "power to", and steps for creating a full and productive partnership between men and women are defined. In proposing new and more effective ways to succeed in business, When the Canary Stops Singing explodes the myth that feminine andmasculine perspectives can't interact in harmony. Its examples testify to the importance of moving beyond the masculine status quo to achieve a balance in the workplace that will ultimately benefit everyone.

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The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living & Learning A Pracitcal Companion for "the Chalice and the Blade", Healing Our Families, Our Communities,

Riane Eisler; David Loye

Exploring the ideas and information in The Chalice and the Blade, Eisler here teams up with another award-winning writer to apply her book's teachings in a guide to more satisfying, more meaningful options for ourselves and our planet.

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