Religious Conservatism versus Elite Professionalism: Contradictory Socialisation at an Elite Islamic School
Published online on October 09, 2025
Abstract
Sociology, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 667-685, June 2026.
The literature on elite schools seeks to understand the role of elite socialisation in reproducing inequality and the role of symbolic boundary work in legitimating privilege. This article presents an ethnographic study of an elite Islamic school in Iran. ...
The literature on elite schools seeks to understand the role of elite socialisation in reproducing inequality and the role of symbolic boundary work in legitimating privilege. This article presents an ethnographic study of an elite Islamic school in Iran. ...