Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body--New Paths to Power and Love
by Riane Tennen Eisler
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780062502834 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
In the spirit of her provocative, bestselling book The Chalice and the Blade, Eisler passionately envisions a future when women and men faces each other as equal partners and sex and spirituality are once again entwined. "This is Eisler's most stunning, far-raching, and practical gift--both to readers and to a world that must change or perish".--Gloria Steinem.
Review:
"Eisler is one of the great seers of our time. This extraordinarily powerful and beautiful book will stand as one of the epic works of our generation." (-- John Robbins, author of Diet for a New Americo)
Review:
"A candid, scholarly, and thrilling tour of the body ... Eisler is a consummate thinker and researcher whose work lays the foundation for a healing between the sexes that could dramatically change society." ( — Joan Borysenko, PH.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind)
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"Fascinating . . . " (-- New York Times)
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"You must read Riane Eisler's Sacred Pleasure."(-- John Bradshaw. author of Family Secrets and Creating Love)
Synopsis:
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.
Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [464]-483) and index.
About the Author
Riane Eisler is an internationally acclaimed scholar, futurist, and activist, and is codirector of the Center for Partnership Studies in Pacific Grove, California. She is the author of Sacred Pleasureand The Partnership Way.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780062502834
- Subtitle:
- Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body--New Paths to Power and Love
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
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- Publisher:
- HarperOne
- Location:
- San Francisco, Calif. :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Human Sexuality
- Subject:
- Sex
- Subject:
- Sociology of Religion
- Subject:
- Sex customs
- Subject:
- Women's Studies - History
- Subject:
- Religious aspects
- Subject:
- Body, human
- Subject:
- Religion and sociology
- Subject:
- Body, Human -- Religious aspects.
- Subject:
- Gender Studies
- Edition Number:
- 1st ed.
- Series Volume:
- 24
- Publication Date:
- June 1996
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions:
- 928x621x141 124











