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Riane Eisler

1931 - Today

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Riane Tennenhaus Eisler (born July 22, 1931) is an Austrian-born American systems scientist, futurist, attorney, and author who writes about the effect of gender and family politics historically on societies, and vice versa. She is best known for her 1987 book, The Chalice and the Blade, in which she coined the terms "partnership" and "dominator". She has written and been interviewed in over 500 articles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riane Eisler has received more than 135,436 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Riane Eisler is the 448th most popular historian (down from 347th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from Austria (down from 776th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Historian.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Riane Eisler ranks 448 out of 561. Before her are Mikheil Tsereteli, Joseph Hergenröther, Martin Gilbert, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Craterus, and Niall Ferguson. After her are Anton Heinrich Springer, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, David Marshall Lang, Eberhard Jäckel, Michelle Perrot, and Herwig Wolfram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Riane Eisler ranks 410. Before her are Oleg Goncharenko, Shuhrat Abbosov, István Gulyás, Yaakov Ziv, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and Raúl Belén. After her are Malcolm Browne, Anahita Ratebzad, Luciano Tesi, Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Richard Murphy, and Walter Taibo.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Riane Eisler ranks 911 out of 1,424. Before her are Károly Kós (1883), Lisette Model (1901), Rudolph Schindler (1887), Marie Jahoda (1907), Rudolf Viertl (1902), and Eva Pawlik (1927). After her are Josef Hassmann (1910), Eva Rueber-Staier (1951), Walter Rudin (1921), Josef Smistik (1905), Adolf Kainz (1903), and Anton Walbrook (1896).

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Among HISTORIANS In Austria

Among historians born in Austria, Riane Eisler ranks 8. Before her are Shlomo Sand (1946), Alois Riegl (1858), Egon Friedell (1878), İlber Ortaylı (1947), Gerda Lerner (1920), and Andreas Maislinger (1955). After her are Herwig Wolfram (1934).

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