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Human Society That Works For Everyone
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Marija Gimbutas, Riane Eisler, Wilhelm Reich, George Gurdjieff, Peter D Ouspensky, Alfie Kohn, and others have described from various viewpoints a pandemic emotional/social illness that has plagued the human species for the last 5,000 years. Gimbutas and Eisler called it the "Dominator Paradigm" or "Dominator Culture". Reich called it the "Emotional Plague". Gurdjieff and Explore these websites
_The Chalice and the Blade_, by Riane Eisler, 1988, ISBN 0-06-250-289-1, HarperSanFrancisco, $18. An overview of the archaeological work of Marija Gimbutas and others. It explains the macro-history of human culture, and proves that domination, patriarchy, and war are culturally programmed, rather than biologically innate. She calls this condition "Dominator Culture". _Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body_, by Riane Eisler, 1996, ISBN 0-06-250283-2, HarperSanFrancisco In the spirit of _The Chalice and the Blade_, Eisler passionately envisions a future when women and men face each other as equal partners, and sex and spirituality are once again entwined. _Reich for Beginners_, by David Zane Mairowitz, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative (New York, London) and Unwin Paperbacks (London), 1986, ISBN 0-04-921032-7 or (U.S.) 0-86316-031-X, $6.95. Order from W&RPC at 212-982-3158. Wilhelm Reich discovered that most people are afflicted with a contagious psychological/physiological illness, which causes (in various circumstances) anxiety, bigotry, hatred, depression, sexism, exploitation, militarism, genocide, etc. These phenomena are *not* natural to human beings. He called this condition "the Emotional Plague". This book is currently out of print until 1999; however, the publisher may move it up on the reprinting schedule if they get requests for it, which should be made to Deborah Dyson at 212-982-3158. Other books by and about Wilhelm Reich can be found by searching www.amazon.com . _In Search of the Miraculous_, by P. D. Ouspensky, Harvest/HBJ (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), ISBN 0-15-644508-5, 1974, $13. An exposition of the work of G. I. Gurdjieff, who discovered that most people live in a state of hypnosis in which they are unable to think clearly, understand their own minds, identify the sources of their beliefs, or question and stand up against authority. He called this condition "Sleep". _Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II_, by William Blum, ISBN 1-56751-052-3, $19.95, 458 pp., Common Courage Press (Monroe, Maine), ph. 207-525-0900. Organized as dozens of concise chapters, each on the destruction of democracy in a particular nation by the U.S., through military and covert means. A superb and very readable resource, with copious references. _It's a Conspiracy!_, 1992, ISBN 1-879682-10-9, $9.95. EarthWorks Press, P.O.Box 1117, Ashland OR, 97520. ph. 541-488-4642. This book covers, among many other topics, the financial and industrial aid and cooperation rendered to the Nazis by Hearst, ITT, GM, Ford, Standard Oil, Curtiss-Wright, and Chase-Manhattan Bank; also the Reinhard Gehlen story. It provides a quick intro- duction to dozens of covert Nazi/Fascist/Republican operations carried out over the last 70 years, with a concise and readable style and a good bibliography. 1. From _The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy_, by Nancy Folbre and The Center for Popular Economics; The New Press, N.Y., 1995, ISBN 1-56584-153-0. Please address comments to mark@cosmicpenguin.com
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