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A book by Thorstein Veblen that critiques conspicuous consumption and leisure as social activities of the upper class in modern society. It also explores the evolutionary development of economic and social institutions, and the influence of Darwin and Marx on Veblen's theory.
A classic work on the evolution and functions of the leisure class in different cultures and historical stages. Veblen analyzes the non-industrial occupations, the pecuniary emulation, the conspicuous consumption, and the conservatism of the upper classes.
28 de may. de 2009 · A landmark study of affluent American society that exposes the habits of production and waste that link greed and barbarism. Veblen's analysis covers all aspects of modern life from dress, class, women, religion, education, and more, with a brilliant ruthlessness and a literary force.
1 de mar. de 1997 · The work analyzes the social structures around leisure and labor, particularly focusing on the concept of a "leisure class" that emerges in cultures marked by significant class distinctions and the exemption of the upper class from productive work.
The Theory of the Leisure Class bears upon economic theory in general chiefly through its conception of the motives which actuate men in their consumption of goods and services.
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.
In his best-known work, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Veblen appropriated Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system.
