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Riane Eisler's masterpiece, on the economics of caring, summarizes the many ideas of the movement (including Korten, Hawken, Stiglitz, Krugman) into a complete framework of new economics.
Main features - a framework of economy to encompass all aspects of activity, including the often neglected government, criminal, natural (ecological) and caring
- capitalism and socialism both fall short, due to its dominatory and hierarchical power structure. Calls for Partnerism for its cooperative structure.
- show how history has been against women's economic power, devaluing the caring activities that are life-nurturing, all due to the dominatory structure
Points to example organizations
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Her other books - The power of partnership : seven relationships that will change your life.
For the everyday person, a practical application of Partnership system (complete with action check lists and appendix of charts, publications and organizations) to 7 areas: self (clear away the hierarchical system expectations), intimate relationship (main points of her other book), work (valuing care giving work and meaningful co-working, more worker control), nation (politics, social change against media and corporate lobbying), intl (against corrupt regimes and for human rights, women and children interests, economic rules and social priorities), nature (new policies needed for environment, toxic chemicals, destructive weapons, population), and spiritual. - Tomorrow's children : a blueprint for partnership education in the 21st century:
A practical system to incorporate partnership system (empowering feminine virtues) in the education system, with appendix of collection of Partnership system implementations, worksheets, and tools for classroom. Looks into the entire intellectual development, show the limitation toward hierarchical masculine bias, in history, arts, science (life and natural), etc. Considers 6 areas of development: value, tools, inspiration... Feels as if she pushes her agenda too much, straining on some opinions, especially biased misreading of the biblical text.
- Sacred pleasure : sex, myth, and the politics of the body
- The chalice and the blade : our history, our future
Formulating the imbalance of masculine power over feminine principles. Pathetic reading of biblical text to strain her points. - Other articles
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