I have a 'to read' list- if I get a second "Did you read?" recommend, it climbs up the list & I begin my ebay search to buy it now. What I loved about this book- was all the elements of a great read to me. Evolution, human nature, archaeology, power struggle between men & women, and above all- history. Some consider this book to have a feminist agenda but I found she showed equality and harmony between the genders. I only wished the chapters delved deeper. I believe this author with all her source material got edited to the bare bone. Editors should let the reader seperate more of the chaff from the wheat themselves. I get the inkling there was another story left on the editing table.
I am so enthralled with this book that I have bought several copies for friends. It is a bit scholarly for some people's taste, but is a fascinating and well-written discussion of the historical perspective on the patriarchal versus matriarchal cultural models and the application to modern times and peoples. I highy recommend it for anyone interested in gender roles in culture and history. A great companion book for additional study is Leonard Shlain's "The Alphabet Versus the Goddess", which uses the left brain/right brain model to compare patriarchal and matriarchal societies over time and explains the cultural and historical origins of our current medical and mathematical paradigms. Both provide much food for thought and hope for the future of human society.
Very interesting, I am still reading. So much history from our ancestors. I love reading this book. Thank you!
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The Chalice and the Blade is a superb source of archeological research of when the male dominated civilization began 5000 years ago.
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Everyone should read this book!
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