Publisher's Synopsis
Western civilization is the Utopia of a better and higher life on Earth. The globalization of neo-liberalism proves that this project has failed. The paradigm of &«Critical Theory of Patriarchy» explains this failure and discusses alternatives. By confronting the central civilizations in history, the egalitarian, life-oriented matriarchal one, and the hierarchical, nature and life dominating, hostile patriarchal one, we see that 5000 years of patriarchy have &«replaced» matriarchies and nature itself by a &«progressive» counter-world of &«capital». This transformation characterizes &«capitalist patriarchy» including &«socialism». Its demise is due to the &«alchemical» destruction of the world's resources, thought of, theologically legitimized and fetishized as &«creation». This violence is not recognized. Elites have, instead, begun with a new &«military alchemy», treating the whole Planet as weapon of mass destruction. Hence, the &«Planetary Movement for Mother Earth».
