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Among the most prestigious high universities in the nation, St. Paul's University in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a fresh elite of children is being shaped at St. Paul's, one which reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to offer an inside check out an institution that is the private world of the elite for days gone by 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they will have - how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family relationships, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a far more diverse environment. To become the future market leaders of a far more democratic world, they must be relaxed with from highbrow fine art to everyday living - from Beowulf to Jaws - and view hierarchies as ladders to range. Through deft portrayals of the connections among students, faculty, and personnel, Khan shows how users of the new elite face the opening of population while still preserving the advantages that permit them to rule.

Category: Philosophy & Social Aspects