Riane Eisler inspired Professor
Min Jiayin of the Institute of Philosophy of the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to edit
The Chalice and the Blade in Chinese Culture, published in 1995 by China Social Sciences Publishing House which tested Eisler's cultural transformation theory in Chinese culture, and found that there was also a shift from partnership to domination in Asian prehistory. Her work has inspired numerous other books, as well as dissertations, both in the United States and other nations.
Eisler's international bestseller
The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 22 languages, including most European languages and Chinese, Russian, Korean, Hebrew, Japanese, and Arabic, was hailed by anthropologist Ashely Montagu as "the most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species".
Her newest book,
The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics – hailed by
Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking,” by
Peter Senge as “desperately needed,” and by
Gloria Steinem as “revolutionary” – proposes a new approach to
economics that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and planet.
Riane Eisler keynotes conferences worldwide, and is a consultant to business and government on applications of the partnership model introduced in her work. International venues have included Germany at the invitation of Prof. Rita Suessmuth, President of the
Bundestag (the German Parliament) and Daniel Goeudevert (Chair of Volkswagen International); Colombia, invited by the
Mayor of Bogota; and the Czech Republic, invited by
Vaclav Havel (one-time President of the Czech Republic).
Eisler's other books include the award-winning
The Power of Partnership and
Tomorrow’s Children, as well as
Sacred Pleasure, a reexamination of sexuality and spirituality, and
Women, Men, and the Global Quality of Life
, which statistically documents the key role of the status of women in a nation’s general quality of life.
Riane Eisler is a founding member of the General Evolution Research Group (GERG), a fellow of the
World Academy of Art and Science and World Business Academy]], and a commissioner of the [[World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality, along with the
Dalai Lama, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, and other spiritual leaders. She is also co-founder of the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV). She is president of the
Center for Partnership Studies, dedicated to research and education.
Her pioneering work in
human rights expanded the focus of international organizations to include the rights of women and children. Her research on systemic cultural transformation has impacted many fields, including
history,
sociology,
economics,
psychology, and
education. She is the author of over 200 essays and articles in publications ranging from Behavioral Science, Futures, Political Psychology, and The
UNESCO Courier to Brain and Mind, Yes!, the
Human Rights Quarterly, The International Journal of Women's Studies, and the World Encyclopedia of Peace.
Dr. Eisler has received many honors, including the [[Humanist Pioneer award]] and the first Alice Paul ERA award. She is the only woman among twenty great thinkers including
Hegel,
Adam Smith,
Marx, and
Toynbee selected for inclusion in Macrohistory and Macrohistorians in recognition of the lasting importance of her work as a cultural historian and evolutionary theorist.
Dr. Eisler can be contacted at
center@partnershipway.org
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