Speaking the Language of Partnership
"Saying is believing." Language both shapes and reflects consciousness, revealing a culture's deepest beliefs and values. It's very hard to talk about concepts for which we have no vocabulary. And the words we do have determine how we think about the people, ideas, and phenomena those words describe.
Subtler-Yet-Powerful Aspects of Language
Language both shapes and reflects consciousness, revealing a culture's deepest beliefs and values. It's very hard to talk about concepts for which we have no vocabulary. And the words we do have determine how we think about the people, ideas, and phenomena those words describe.
Transforming Language
Adapted from the article by Lethea F. Erz, PhD, “The Challenge of Language: Teaching the Language of Partnership.” It is taken from The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living and Learning, 2nd ed. by Riane Eisler and David Loye
The Challenge of Change
"How can you plan for a new reality when you don't have the remotest idea what it would be like?" The answer is, of course, that you can't - no science exists that can predict a new-paradigm world from within the old one. But we can see how the language and culture of domination and violence reinforce each other, and how continuing to speak in these terms can only bring us more of the same.
