Privilege : The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul's School

作者：ShamusRahmanKhan

出版社：PrincetonUniversityPress

副标题：TheMakingofanAdolescentEliteatSt.Paul'sSchool

出版年：2010-12-28

页数：256

定价：USD29.95

装帧：Hardcover

ISBN：9780691145280

内容简介
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As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In "Privilege", Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have – how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family connections, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a more diverse environment. To be the future leaders of a more democratic world, they must be at ease with everything from highbrow art to everyday life – from Beowulf to Jaws – and view hierarchies as ladders to scale. Through deft portrayals of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff, Khan shows how members of the new elite face the opening of society while still preserving the advantages that allow them to rule.

作者简介
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Shamus Rahman Khan is assistant professor of sociology at Columbia University. He is an alumnus and former faculty member of St. Paul's School.

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研究美国寄宿制高中是如何培养精英的以及探讨为什么美国社会强调“开放”和通过个人努力就能获得成功的同时，不平等却依然在增加。关于美国的新精英，不同于旧式精英标榜文化品位和特定的圈子，新精英强调的是一种“ease”的习得（小到如何和教师吃饭，穿着得体，如何和不同阶层的人互动）、对不同文化的兼容和了解、以及通过个人努力而非家庭继承来获得认可。这种 ease 的习得背后是学校所提供的无数次机会，而这些机会…

现代精英教育如何在多元环境下加剧不平等。access/diversity不等于equality；个人主义思潮使得血缘/家族纽带被中立化为个人的奋斗成果；现代精英一大特点是“ease”，反而是非精英没有开放地拥抱high culture，从而定义了精英的开放性。观点不算新，但谈论ease的部分蛮有趣的。一边看一边自我反思，我一直以来试图做到的雅俗共赏也是一种arrogance和elitism。

新的精英文化不再制造区隔，而是在尊重差别的基础上表现包容，淡定处世，以此来展现文化上的优越。

作者开篇提的三个问题让人呵呵。质疑社会不公正的出发点只是对自己出身的自卑和愤怒——本来觉得自己挺富，上了精英高中认识蓝血同学之后落差极大一度不能融入，于是质问三连：凭什么有些人精英学校随便上而对我来说就是个大成就了？凭什么蓝血们谈笑风生而我只能缩在少数族裔寝室的阴暗角落里？凭什么读精英学校的都是富人？最后自己高中毕业读了个十名开外的文理学院，说是能上Ivy League但不想继续精英，燃鹅现在已在…

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