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The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is a treatise of economics and sociology, and a critique of conspicuous consumption as a function of social class and of consumerism, which are social activities derived from the social stratification of people and the division of labor ...
The institution of leisure class is the outgrowth of an early discrimination between employments, according to which some employments are worthy and others unwor- thy.
A classic work of economic and social criticism that exposes the hollowness of many of our canons of taste, education, dress, and culture. Veblen argues that the leisure class sets the standards followed by every level of society and that conspicuous consumption is a mark of prestige.
His first book, The Theory of the Leisure Class, subtitled An Economic Study of Institutions, was published in 1899. Still read today, it represents the essence of most of his thinking. Veblen sought to apply Darwin’s evolutionism to the study of modern economic life. The industrial system, he….
28 de may. de 2009 · In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production...
6 de nov. de 2019 · The theory of the leisure class. "In his first and best-known book, Veblen defines the social attitudes and values that condone the misuse of wealth and observes the variety of ways in which the resources of modern society are wasted.
1 de feb. de 1994 · The Theory of the Leisure Class. Thorstein Veblen. Penguin, Feb 1, 1994 - Social Science - 416 pages. A classic of sociology and economics, originally published in 1899 With exquisite irony,...
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