Dr. Riane Eisler’s newest book, coauthored with anthropologist, Douglas P. Fry, PhD, is titled Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (2019).  At a time of great divisiveness in our culture, Dr. Eisler’s most recent publication offers an  alternative to domination and division. This scholarly work shows us how to construct a more equitable, sustainable, and less violent world based on partnership rather than domination.

Our capacity for partnership is as great as our capacity for domination. It is through partnerships that our relatedness and concern for community can result in the fulfillment of our human potential. Our survival is dependent upon the critical choices we are making. 

The partnership model promotes dialogue on how we can work together to create a more caring economy and a more humane future for all. Has it ever mattered so much as in this moment?

Human Rights Pioneer and One of 20 “Great Peacemakers”

Dr. Eisler is president of the Center for Partnership Studies (CPS), dedicated to research and education, Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, an online peer-reviewed journal at the University of Minnesota that was inspired by her work, keynotes conferences nationally and internationally, addressed the United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. Department of State, and Congressional briefings, and speaks at corporations and universities worldwide on applications of the partnership model introduced in her work.

She has been a leader in the movement for peace, sustainability, and economic equity. Her pioneering work in human rights has expanded the focus of international organizations to include the rights of women and children.

She has been designated as one of 20 “Great Peacemakers,” all being international leaders who have made major contributions to world peace. Among the other 19 are Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Jane Goodall, Jacques Cousteau, King Hussein of Jordan, Walter Cronkite, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

If you are interested in knowing more about participation in her programs, please follow the Creating Community section in the front page news of this magazine for future announcements – or follow her on Facebook. Read more about her in our magazine’s tribute to her work:  Caring Economics.

Riane Eisler Websites: RianeEisler.com, Center for Partnership Studies

 

Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives and Future (2019)

Authors: Riane Eisler, JD and Douglas P. Fry, PhD

Author: Susan Troyer