Biography
Riane Eisler is an eminent social scientist, attorney, and social activist best known as author of the international bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future. Her 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," -- proposes a new approach to economics that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and nature. Riane holds degrees in sociology and law from UCLA. She taught pioneering classes on women and the law at UCLA and 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 and other spiritual leaders. She is also co-founder of the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence. She is president of the Center for Partnership Studies, dedicated to research and education.