Riane Eisler is a social scientist,
attorney, and author whose work on cultural transformation has inspired
both scholars and social activists. Her research has impacted many fields,
including history, economics, psychology, sociology, and education. She has
been a leader in the movement for peace, sustainability, and economic
equity, and her pioneering work in human rights has expanded the focus of
international organizations to include the rights of women and children.
In her
newest book,The
Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics,
Riane
says; "When children are taught the “normality” of
domination and submission - and society doesn't offer alternatives - they
often learn to go into denial and inhibit their capacity for empathy and
consciousness,. They then build family, educational, religious, economic,
and political institutions based on the these principles when they grow up.
And so the cycle repeats itself generation after generation." "Ridged
top-down rankings, weather family or state, are artificial barriers to
trust, empathy, and caring."
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