Riane Eisler: "Domination and Partnership in Society"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens
4.8 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Nate is joined by systems scientist Riane Eisler to discuss her decades of work studying 'domination' and 'partnership' societies throughout history and what it might mean to transition to more sustainable societies in the future. What we value at the individual and family level directly translates to the way we frame our governance systems - societies that emphasize empathy and caring also implement the same types of policies and values. How could we foster the more cooperative side of our humanity across all scales to create empowered communities and balanced decision making? What societies - past and present - lean towards a partnership paradigm and what benefits do their people receive? Is it possible to move away from violence and control oriented systems and into ones that value wide boundaries of empathy and understand the vital nature of care work?
About Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler is the President of the Center for Partnership Systems, which provides practical applications of her work, and Editor in Chief of the online Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies published at the University of Minnesota. Eisler's innovative whole-systems research offers new perspectives and practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and sustainable future. She is author of many books, including The Chalice and the Blade, now in its 57th US printing and 27 foreign editions, The Real Wealth of Nations, and Nurturing Our Humanity co-authored with Douglas P. Fry. For more information, see www.rianeeisler.com and www.centerforpartnership.org.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Great Simplification. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Nate Higgins. |
| 0:06.0 | On this show, we describe how energy, the economy, the environment, and human behavior all fit together and what it might mean for our future. |
| 0:15.0 | By sharing insights from global thinkers, we hope to inform and inspire more humans to play emergent roles |
| 0:22.5 | in the coming great simplification. |
| 0:28.3 | I am honored to welcome Rianne Isler to the podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | Rian is the president of the Center for Partnership Systems, as well as the editor-in-chief |
| 0:38.9 | of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. |
| 0:43.3 | Rian's written many books, most famously the Chalice and the Blade, also the real wealth |
| 0:51.0 | of nations, as well as recently nurturing our humanity, co-authored with Douglas Fry. |
| 0:57.5 | Rianne has had an innovative whole systems research approach that offers new perspectives and |
| 1:05.5 | practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, more gender-balanced, sustainable future. |
| 1:15.3 | It's amazing to me how much I resonated with Rianne's ideas, and yet I had never heard of her |
| 1:21.4 | until a few months ago. |
| 1:22.8 | We have multiple friends in common. |
| 1:25.3 | She's 93 years old, very active in these issues, and this was a wonderful conversation. |
| 1:33.2 | I learned from her. |
| 1:34.6 | I've ordered her books. |
| 1:36.3 | Please welcome Rian Eisler. |
| 1:39.3 | Music Hello, Rian, great to see you. |
| 1:55.1 | It's great to be with you. |
| 1:57.2 | Thank you for inviting me. |
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