Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World

by Daniel Bell, Daniel A. Bell, Wang Pei

Book Overview

A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the political All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends that this stigma is a mistake. In fact, as Daniel Bell and Wang Pei show, it is neither possible nor advisable to do away with social hierarchies. Drawing their arguments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691233985
• ISBN13: 9780691233987
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"