{"product_id":"just-hierarchy-9780691233987","title":"Just Hierarchy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Some of the most impressive parts of their book, which is written in the form of a lively conversation with plenty of provocative examples, compel the reader to understand the cultural value of hierarchy in Asian societies. . . . Regardless of whether you agree with it — and especially if you don’t — it is important to understand China’s case against participative political equality.\"\u003cb\u003e---Rana Mitter, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, all human affairs are conducted through hierarchies, real or imagined, and for good or evil. So, we must understand them and chart our path carefully through that entangled landscape. Bell and Pei tell us that such a map will be multi-dimensional, drawing upon a variety of human traditions, practices and the findings of science. This book depicts such a journey of exploration, with each chapter focusing on one part of the terrain. As with all such ventures, forays in some directions will not be successful; others might unveil further mysteries or confusions, whilst just a few might indeed be truly illuminating. The patient traveller can look forward to a gripping experience and some deep insights, but he will have work to do when he gets home—how will our nations and societies implement those findings and harmonise them with others? The real journey starts there.\"\u003cb\u003e---Ravi Bhoothalingam, \u003ci\u003eChina Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bell and Wang want us to acknowledge that beneficial hierarchies exist. And our job is to make use of them where appropriate to make a more just world. For as the authors take pain to insist, hierarchies exist no matter what, and it is our job as citizens to insist that they be the types that promote compassion and protection of the vulnerable—dare I say even economic justice—rather than those that do not.\"\u003cb\u003e---Leanne Ogasawara, \u003ci\u003eThe New Rambler Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-organized and well-written book raises important questions concerning the nature of social hierarchies worldwide, but especially in China and in relation to Eastern philosophical traditions including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. . . . \u003ci\u003eJust Hierarchy\u003c\/i\u003e is highly recommended for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary college courses, and will be an important acquisition for most academic libraries.\" * Choice Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Might China’s meritocratic system, and its implicit commitments to hierarchy, be the secret of its extraordinary success?. . . Daniel Bell and Pei Wang’s \u003ci\u003eJust Hierarchy \u003c\/i\u003eis a colorful exploration of the moral justifications behind elements of China’s success.\"\u003cb\u003e---Chang Che, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[W]ritten in crystalline, engaging prose. . . . [\u003ci\u003eJust Hierarchy\u003c\/i\u003e] makes the most compelling case ever made in English for a Confucian reform of social and political values in China and perhaps elsewhere.\"\u003cb\u003e---James Hankins, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is little doubt that, despite the restrictions imposed by living in an increasingly illiberal authoritarian state, the hearts of the authors of Just Hierarchy are in the right place. Everyone recognizes that our world is defined by hierarchies, regardless of our rhetoric. Millennia of Confucian thought have attempted to humanize and moderate those hierarchies, precisely to protect the most vulnerable and make moral the most powerful.\"\u003cb\u003e---Michael Auslin, \u003ci\u003eLaw and Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJust Hierarchy\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and bold project.\"\u003cb\u003e---Elena Ziliotti, \u003ci\u003eRes Publica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Daniel Bell and Wang Pei’s Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking justification for hierarchy, a concept that has been given virtually no attention in recent political science and political theory.\"\u003cb\u003e---Sungmoon Kim, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bell and Wang’s Just Hierarchy is a remarkable contribution to the newly emerging world order, which necessitates expanding the mutual understanding and moving away from Eurocentric socio-cultural prejudices.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dr. Müge Yüce, \u003ci\u003eThe Rest Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] ambitious and daring intellectual endeavor.\"\u003cb\u003e---Shanruo Zhang, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Chinese Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865552630103,"sku":"9780691233987","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691233987.jpg?v=1722274527","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/just-hierarchy-9780691233987","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}