The Gift of Partnership

Stefano Mercanti; Antonella Riem

doi:10.24926/ijps.v9i2.5131

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2022-10-28

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022): The Cooperative, Caring, and Moral Nature of Humans: Honoring David Loye

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Mercanti, S., & Riem, A. (2022). The Gift of Partnership. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 9(2), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v9i2.5131

The Gift of Partnership

Stefano Mercanti

University of Udine

Antonella Riem

University of Udine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v9i2.5131

Keywords: Partnership, Domination, Caring, Charles Darwin, Moral Sensitivity, Globalism, Cultural Transformation Theory, Ethnophilology, Multicommunitarianism, Ecocriticism

Abstract

Riane Eisler’s partnership model and David Loye’s theory of Darwinian moral sensitivity are effective interdisciplinary frameworks for highlighting the dynamic interplay between dominator and equalitarian constructs that shape the history of our time. In this period of limited individual freedom and impending predatory globalism, branded as philanthropic altruism and environmental sustainability, this article uses both theories to offer life-enhancing and caring scenarios to move beyond top-down elitism and to promote a culture of peace.