Naomi Haynes is a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the anthropology of Christianity, political economy, exchange, gender, hierarchy, and value.Jason Hickel is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research spans several related themes, including political conflict, inequality, postdevelopment, and ecological economics

• Introduction: Hierarchy and ValueNaomi Haynes and Jason HickelChapter 1. Battle of Cosmologies: The Catholic Church, Adat, and 'Inculturation' among Northern Lio, IndonesiaSigne HowellChapter 2. Vertical Love: Forms of Submission and Top-Down Power in Orthodox EthiopiaDiego Maria Malara and Tom BoylstonChapter 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead: The Place of Destruction in the Organization of Social Life, Which Means HierarchyFrederick H. DamonChapter 4. Civilization, Hierarchy, and Political-Economic InequalityStephan FeuchtwangChapter 5. Islam and Pious Sociality: The Ethics of Hierarchy in the Tablighi Jamaat in PakistanArsalan KhanChapter 6. Demotion as Value: Rank Infraction among the Ngadha in Flores, IndonesiaOlaf H. SmedalAfterword: The Rise of HierarchyDavid Graeber

“It is to the credit of the writers in this volume that they illuminate and question [some of the] things that Dumont linked to hierarchy. In doing so, they help make hierarchies problematic and linked to social processes and practices in ways that Dumont probably did not intend but that make the notion of hierarchy more useful as an analytical concept.” • Anthropos

Naomi Haynes is a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the anthropology of Christianity, political economy, exchange, gender, hierarchy, and value.Jason Hickel is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research spans several related themes, including political conflict, inequality, postdevelopment, and ecological economics

• Introduction: Hierarchy and ValueNaomi Haynes and Jason HickelChapter 1. Battle of Cosmologies: The Catholic Church, Adat, and 'Inculturation' among Northern Lio, IndonesiaSigne HowellChapter 2. Vertical Love: Forms of Submission and Top-Down Power in Orthodox EthiopiaDiego Maria Malara and Tom BoylstonChapter 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead: The Place of Destruction in the Organization of Social Life, Which Means HierarchyFrederick H. DamonChapter 4. Civilization, Hierarchy, and Political-Economic InequalityStephan FeuchtwangChapter 5. Islam and Pious Sociality: The Ethics of Hierarchy in the Tablighi Jamaat in PakistanArsalan KhanChapter 6. Demotion as Value: Rank Infraction among the Ngadha in Flores, IndonesiaOlaf H. SmedalAfterword: The Rise of HierarchyDavid Graeber

“It is to the credit of the writers in this volume that they illuminate and question [some of the] things that Dumont linked to hierarchy. In doing so, they help make hierarchies problematic and linked to social processes and practices in ways that Dumont probably did not intend but that make the notion of hierarchy more useful as an analytical concept.” • Anthropos

Naomi Haynes is a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the anthropology of Christianity, political economy, exchange, gender, hierarchy, and value.Jason Hickel is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research spans several related themes, including political conflict, inequality, postdevelopment, and ecological economics

• Introduction: Hierarchy and ValueNaomi Haynes and Jason HickelChapter 1. Battle of Cosmologies: The Catholic Church, Adat, and 'Inculturation' among Northern Lio, IndonesiaSigne HowellChapter 2. Vertical Love: Forms of Submission and Top-Down Power in Orthodox EthiopiaDiego Maria Malara and Tom BoylstonChapter 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead: The Place of Destruction in the Organization of Social Life, Which Means HierarchyFrederick H. DamonChapter 4. Civilization, Hierarchy, and Political-Economic InequalityStephan FeuchtwangChapter 5. Islam and Pious Sociality: The Ethics of Hierarchy in the Tablighi Jamaat in PakistanArsalan KhanChapter 6. Demotion as Value: Rank Infraction among the Ngadha in Flores, IndonesiaOlaf H. SmedalAfterword: The Rise of HierarchyDavid Graeber

“It is to the credit of the writers in this volume that they illuminate and question [some of the] things that Dumont linked to hierarchy. In doing so, they help make hierarchies problematic and linked to social processes and practices in ways that Dumont probably did not intend but that make the notion of hierarchy more useful as an analytical concept.” • Anthropos