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Riane Eisler

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Riane Tennenhaus Eisler (born July 22, 1931) is an Austrian-born American systems scientist, futurist, attorney, and author who writes about the effect of gender and family politics historically on societies, and vice versa. She is best known for her 1987 book, The Chalice and the Blade, in which she coined the terms "partnership" and "dominator". She has written and been interviewed in over 500 articles. Her work is covered in publications ranging from Scientific American, Behavioral Science, Futures, Political Psychology, The Christian Science Monitor, Challenge, and UNESCO Courier to Brain and Mind, Human Rights Quarterly, International Journal of Women's Studies, and World Encyclopedia of Peace, as well as chapters for books published by trade and university presses (e.g., Cambridge, Stanford, and Oxford University). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riane Eisler is the 414th most popular historian (up from 448th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from Austria (up from 911th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Riane Eisler ranks 414 out of 561. Before her are Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Gerhard Ritter, Neagu Djuvara, Francis Godwin, Lidiya Ponomarenko, and Boris Rybakov. After her are Cyril Toumanoff, Franz Theodor Kugler, Stephen Greenblatt, Boris Chicherin, Chimalpahin, and Catharine Macaulay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Riane Eisler ranks 390. Before her are Robert Stephens, Kenneth H. Cooper, Wynton Kelly, Norberto Boggio, Yasushi Akashi, and Anahita Ratebzad. After her are Sergei Adian, Mark Midler, Naci Erdem, Tamara Rylova, Hal Needham, and Irwin Winkler.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Riane Eisler ranks 884 out of 1,424. Before her are Johann Urbanek (1910), Antonie Brentano (1780), Hans Haas (1906), Alfred Hrdlicka (1928), Hansi Hinterseer (1954), and Rodolphe Hiden (1909). After her are Peter Simonischek (1946), La Jana (1905), Melitta Brunner (1907), Walter Kollmann (1932), Jo Gartner (1954), and Marie Jahoda (1907).

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Among HISTORIANS In Austria

Among historians born in Austria, Riane Eisler ranks 7. Before her are Ernst Gombrich (1909), Alois Riegl (1858), Shlomo Sand (1946), Egon Friedell (1878), Gerda Lerner (1920), and İlber Ortaylı (1947). After her are Herwig Wolfram (1934), and Andreas Maislinger (1955).

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