Social hierarchy

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Imagine we are linked not ranked.

Gloria Steinem

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people Social hierarchy

Author

Gloria Steinem

Language

English

Time

2021 2020s 21st century

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Citation

Steinem, Gloria. Home page, Retrieved 21 Apr. 2021. www.gloriasteinem.com.

The root of the kingdom is the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

Mencius

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Topic

Political theory Social hierarchy

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

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Original Citation

Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 4.

Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Social hierarchy Domination and subordination

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 17.

I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.

Noam Chomsky

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Topic

Power relations Social hierarchy Domination and subordination

Speaker

Noam Chomsky

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Chomsky, Noam. "Noam Chomsky on Anarchism, Marxism and Hope for the Future." Interviewed by Kevin Doyle. Red and Black Revolution, May 1995.

While classes exist no one is free.
We are not born to be slaves or to be masters.
We are born to be brothers and sisters.
What is capitalism but buying and selling of people?

Ernesto Cardenal

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Topic

Class conflict Power relations Equality Brotherhood Social hierarchy

Author

Ernesto Cardenal

Source

Canto Nacional

Medium

Poem

Genre

Political literature

Language

Spanish

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Cardenal, Ernesto. Canto nacional. Ediciones Carlos Loblé, 1973.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.

Bertrand Russell

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Work Social hierarchy

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "In Praise of Idleness." In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1935. Originally published in Harper's Magazine, Oct. 1932.