Riane Eisler

The importance of role models
Implications for our future: Understanding the dominator model and the partnership model

"Domination Systems have superior/inferior relationships and view power as 'power over.' Partnership Systems have egalitarian relationships and view power as 'power with' and 'power to' (creative power)." Author: Riane Eisler, JD, President, Center for Partnership Systems     Author: Susan Troyer, BA, MS As a child, Riane Eisler, JD, fled [...]

Creating Community
Partnerism campaign for a new era: Beyond being stuck

“In the dominator system, the blade is the metaphor for power: a symbol of power to dominate, exploit and take life. In the partnership system, the metaphor for power is the chalice: an ancient symbol of the power to give, nurture, and illuminate life.” – From The Chalice and the [...]

Creating Community
How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future

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 [...]

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