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Matriarchal Societies: Studies on Indigenous Cultures Across the Globe, Revised Edition

By Heide Goettner-Abendroth

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Year
2013
ISBN
1433125129, 9781433125126
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3987850 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
533\575
Time added
2016-08-22 02:50:13
Philosophy;Nonfiction;Gay & Lesbian;Philosophy;Aes

Description

This book presents the results of Heide Goettner-Abendroth’s pioneering research in the field of modern matriarchal studies, based on a new definition of «matriarchy» as true gender-egalitarian societies. Accordingly, matriarchal societies should not be regarded as mirror images of patriarchal ones, as they have never needed patriarchy’s hierarchical structures of domination. On the contrary, matriarchal patterns are socially egalitarian, economically balanced, and politically based on consensus decisions. They have been created by women and are founded on maternal values. This new perspective on matriarchal societies is developed step by step by the analysis of extant indigenous cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

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