Sacred pleasure : sex, myth and the politics of the body / Riane Eisler.
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TextPublication details: New York : HarperOne, 1995.Description: 495 p.; 24 cmISBN: - 9780062502834
- HQ 12 .E37 1995
- HQ 12 .E37
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Our sexual and social choices: an introduction
pt. 1 How did we get here
From ritual to romance: sexuality, spirituality and society
Animal rites and human choices: the roots of dominator and partnership sex
Sex as sacrament: the divine gifts of life, love and pleasure
Sex and civilization: the early roots of Western culture
From eros to chaos: sex and violence
The reign of the Phallus: war, economics, morality and sex
The sacred marriage in a dominator world: the metamorphosis of sex, death and birth
The last traces of the sacred marriage: mysticism, masochism, and the human need for love
pt. 2 Where are we and where do we go
From ancient to modern times: setting the stage
Waking from the dominator trance: the revolution in conciousness and the sexual revolution
Bondage or bonding: sex, spirituality, and repression
Making love or making war: eroticizing violence
Sex, gender, and transformation: from scoring to caring
Getting out of Prince Charming's slipper: sex, femininity and power
Sex, lies, and stereotypes: changing views of nature, the body and truth
Morality, ethics and pleasure: sex and love in the age of AIDS
Sex, power, and choice: redefining politics and economics
Toward a politics of partnership: our choices for the future
The New Eves and the New Adams: the courage to question, the will to choose, and the power to love
The Dominator and the partnership models
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