Sacred Love: The Politics of Sex, Myth, and the Female Body: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Female Body

Author: Riane Eisler
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is substantial in size, covers a broad range of knowledge, and contains many obscure terms and phrases, making it quite challenging to translate. The translation project we organized went through several twists and turns and took eight years to complete. After thoroughly reviewing and proofreading the entire manuscript, at the publisher's suggestion, I wrote this preface for the Chinese edition to explore the academic value and intellectual significance of this book.
First and foremost, this is a highly serious and scholarly work on the study of sexuality. Although the book meticulously discusses every aspect of human sexuality from ancient to modern times, from animals to humans, from the West to the East, from the North to the South, covering the globe and all of humanity in detail, it shows no signs of catering to lowbrow interests and contains no illustrations. The author's intent is lofty: she aims to demonstrate that the sexual and physical relationship between the two genders of humanity is isomorphic with their family relationships, social relationships, economic relationships, and political relationships. Sexology is the foundation of sociology, economics, and political science. This is why the subtitle of the book includes the phrase: "Sex, Myth, and the Politics of Women's Flesh."
Furthermore, only by first completing the cultural transformation of human relationships—from a relationship of domination to one of partnership—in sexual and physical terms can we then achieve a similar transformation in family relationships, social relationships, economic relationships, and political relationships. This is a book that will broaden your knowledge and perspective on sexuality, especially female sexuality, enrich your learning, change your mindset, elevate your understanding, and help you discern the right path. It is destined to become a classic work in the field of gender relationships and sexology.
"The Sacred Union is Riane Eisler's outstanding work. Every page contains profound insights that touch the reader's heart. You will never be the same again." Through an in-depth exploration of sexual selection and social selection, it helps today's men and women fight to finally overcome systems that fundamentally resist pleasure and love, and to reclaim the lost androgyny, supreme pleasure, and the wonderful sense of love.
Target Audience: Sociological researchers, faculty and students of universities and colleges, sociological survey researchers, and enthusiasts of sociology.