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Articles tagged as "Hierarchy"

How Democratic is Dionysian Hierarchy?

Series: Symposium on Hope in a Secular Age
Eva Braunstein
February 4, 2026

If ecclesiastical or clerical hierarchy is modeled on that of the heavens, on what authority could an ordinary person dispute this power arrangement, modify it, or dissent from it?

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Hierarchy, Interdependence, and Islamic Ethics

Series: Symposium on Gendered Morality
Saadia Yacoob
November 9, 2020February 2, 2026

The understanding of humans as interconnected in their striving towards ethical excellence carries tremendous potential as a foundational story for the narratives that Muslim feminists construct about human flourishing.

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