Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals [Hardcover]

Marilyn French (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (January 23, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0224020129
• ISBN-13: 978-0224020121
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,982,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE TRUE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD, November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals (Paperback)

The most powerful, cohesive summary of world history I have ever read. Supported by incredible research (500+++ footnotes per chapter). Marilyn French has formed a work of such astonishing clarity and vision that I am at a loss as to how describe it. Buy it, read it, and LEARN!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best desciption of the evolution of Patriarchy I've read, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals (Paperback)

This book traces the origins and developement of the cult of power showing how the way that we are culturally organised today with men or pseudo men in positions of power was not always this way and is therefore not 'God given'.

She also shows that it has become so entrenched in our world that it does not exist in any place such as politics, industry, church etc but is now in all of us, in the way we think how we see and interpret things, and that we all need to look into our selves to find the way out of this. With an excellent grasp of the undertow of history she also shows that there have been many revolutions against power but they have all been squashed or assimillated into power, control and domination such as the Langadoc area in France the location of Chivalry, a sort of worship of the feminine that was destroyed by the only Crusade to take place in Europe.

So what to do if the more things change the more things remain the same. Read it and find out! Its a worthwhile journey and it is an adventure not to mention a step along the road to what we could be.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most powerful book I have ever read! My eyes are opened, May 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals (Paperback)

This book should be required reading in school because it is of such fundamental importance! I am giving a copy to every woman I know.