The Theory of the Leisure Class
Published on 12. July 2017
282 pages
978-1-351-47277-7 (ISBN)
Description
In The Theory of the Leisure Class, his first and best-known work, Thorstein Veblen challenges some of society's most cherished standards of behavior and, with devastating wit and satire, exposes the hollowness of many of our canons of taste, education, dress, and culture.
Veblen uses the leisure class as his example because it is this class that sets the standards followed by every level of society. The sign of membership in the leisure class is exemption from industrial toil and the mark of success is lavish expenditure-"conspicuous consumption" is the famous term he invented to describe somethings that satisfies no real need but is a mark of prestige. The process Veblen describes continues today, albeit in a more circuitous form.The Theory of the Leisure Class is part of an ongoing effort to make available the collected works of Veblen to a present-day audience of students and scholars.
Veblen uses the leisure class as his example because it is this class that sets the standards followed by every level of society. The sign of membership in the leisure class is exemption from industrial toil and the mark of success is lavish expenditure-"conspicuous consumption" is the famous term he invented to describe somethings that satisfies no real need but is a mark of prestige. The process Veblen describes continues today, albeit in a more circuitous form.The Theory of the Leisure Class is part of an ongoing effort to make available the collected works of Veblen to a present-day audience of students and scholars.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-47277-7 (9781351472777)
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Content
1: Introductory; 2: Pecuniary Emulation; 3: Conspicuous Leisure; 4: Conspicuous Consumption; 5: The Pecuniary Standard of Living; 6: Pecuniary Canons of Taste; 7: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture; 8: Industrial Exemption and Conservatism; 9: The Conservation of Archaic Traits; 10: Modern Survivals of Prowess; 11: The Belief in Luck; 12: Devout Observances; 13: Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest; 14: The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
