The term "hierarchy" was first used in the second half of the 5th century by Dionysius Pseudo-Areopagite in his treatises On the Church Hierarchy and On the Heavenly Hierarchy. The new word introduced into the lexicon has stuck so much that it is used to this day.
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Hierarchy is the arrangement of all the constituent parts of one whole from the highest to the lowest. Until the beginning of the 19th century, this word was used exclusively to describe the organization of the Christian church.
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In scientific activity, the term "hierarchy" began to be used only in the second half of the 19th century. In social science, the hierarchy described the class division of an antagonistic society, for example, such a concept as the feudal hierarchy appeared. In modern sociology of the nineteenth century, the concept of "hierarchy" describes the characteristics of the structure of power, in particular the bureaucracy.
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In the twentieth century, when the general theory of systems appeared, the term "hierarchy" began to be used to describe absolutely any system objects. The concept of "hierarchy" is widely used today. Basically, we use this word when we talk about the development and functioning of organizations. All modern social organizations have a hierarchical structure, as a result of which it can be concluded that at all enterprises there are power relations, such as "boss - subordinate."
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In addition to the fact that the concept of "hierarchy" is used in social science, it is also used in social institutions, describing the principle of subordination of the lower layers to the upper ones. It is also used in programming, describing a method for generating objects, detailed by common features.
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The term "hierarchy" is used not only in relation to human activity, but also in nature. So, for example, in the African forests the following hierarchy of the animal world operates: - baboons - the upper step; - birds - rhinos - the middle step; - monkeys - the lowest step.
