Egalitarian consecration

What are historic elite institutions, and what is it like to be part of them in what is described as a distinctive egalitarian culture? While previous studies of elites in Norway have taken a quantitative approach and focused on social reproduction, this dissertation takes a qualitative approach and...

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Autor principal: Csaszni Halvorsen, Pål
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Idioma:inglês
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description What are historic elite institutions, and what is it like to be part of them in what is described as a distinctive egalitarian culture? While previous studies of elites in Norway have taken a quantitative approach and focused on social reproduction, this dissertation takes a qualitative approach and examines cultural aspects and concrete experiences of being part of historic elite institutions. Halvorsen examines elite schools and literary criticism as examples of elite institutions—that is, institutions associated with certain cultural notions of “elite.” The study finds a number of different ways actors relate to being part of historic elite institutions. Among other things, it finds that being part of an institution with elite traditions does not necessarily mean being interested in elite culture or ending up holding an elite position oneself; rather, both the elite-school pupils and the literary critics interviewed struggle with these notions and instead attach themselves to the egalitarian tradition. Thus, the dissertation argues that egalitarian traditions are not a veil to hide elite affiliation, but that understandings of elite in Norway are strongly shaped by the egalitarian tradition.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1713832026-02-12T10:02:09Z Egalitarian consecration Csaszni Halvorsen, Pål Egalitarianism Cultural theory Social recognition Equality Symbolic power Sociology of culture Institutions Values Social theory Legitimacy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology What are historic elite institutions, and what is it like to be part of them in what is described as a distinctive egalitarian culture? While previous studies of elites in Norway have taken a quantitative approach and focused on social reproduction, this dissertation takes a qualitative approach and examines cultural aspects and concrete experiences of being part of historic elite institutions. Halvorsen examines elite schools and literary criticism as examples of elite institutions—that is, institutions associated with certain cultural notions of “elite.” The study finds a number of different ways actors relate to being part of historic elite institutions. Among other things, it finds that being part of an institution with elite traditions does not necessarily mean being interested in elite culture or ending up holding an elite position oneself; rather, both the elite-school pupils and the literary critics interviewed struggle with these notions and instead attach themselves to the egalitarian tradition. Thus, the dissertation argues that egalitarian traditions are not a veil to hide elite affiliation, but that understandings of elite in Norway are strongly shaped by the egalitarian tradition. 2026-02-12T10:02:06Z 2026-02-12T10:02:06Z 2024 book 9788245049459 9788245051407 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171383 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://oa.fagbokforlaget.no/index.php/vboa/catalog/book/49 https://oa.fagbokforlaget.no/index.php/vboa/catalog/view/49/71/810 Fagbokforlaget Vigmostad & Bjørke 10.55669/oa3702 10.55669/oa3702 637f2da4-f01b-482d-ac9d-8f3e204f400e 9788245049459 9788245051407 149 Bergen open access
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Egalitarian consecration
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Cultural theory
Social recognition
Equality
Symbolic power
Sociology of culture
Institutions
Values
Social theory
Legitimacy
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
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Cultural theory
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Sociology of culture
Institutions
Values
Social theory
Legitimacy
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups
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