{"product_id":"the-force-of-tenderness-dorothy-j-avery-9781597311700","title":"The Force of Tenderness: The Union of Spirit and Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Force of Tendernes\u003c\/em\u003e, Dorothy Avery sets out Williiam Blake's vision of the sexes, and then applies it as a template to Western theories of women and men from the beginning. She is concerned with matriarchy and patriarchy in our own earliest history and pre-history. In Homer's \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e and Aeschylus' \u003cem\u003eOresteia\u003c\/em\u003e she examines how far the theories of Blake and of the anthropologists are realized there. Avery has no axe to grind in the gender wars, except the notion that the touch of tenderness opens heaven. This excellent text is a valuable, and frequently ingenious, contribution to a field where testiness appears all too often in lieu balanced and wide-ranging testimony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"These days in the West, the relations between women and men are even more difficult than usual. They have been growing worse for at least two centuries. According to William Blake, this estrangement was the ultimate cause of the imperialism, industrialism, and false science all around him. The reunion of man and women, of Zoa and Emanation, was itself spiritual fulfillment. Certainly, Blake's own long marriage was exceptionally harmonious after the first years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoger Sworder, author of \u003cem\u003eA Contrary History of the West, The Romantic Attack on Modern Science, etc.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy J. Avery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597311707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597311700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Perennis et Universalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Dorothy J. Avery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241370956031,"sku":"9781597311700","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04421929-11e6-4696-9afc-ea405fbf3f43.jpg?v=1772654106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-force-of-tenderness-dorothy-j-avery-9781597311700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}