The Theory of the Leisure Class (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Veblen, Thorstein

ISBN 10

0140187952

ISBN 13

9780140187953

Tags

Economic Conditions, Theory, Economics, Social Sciences, Social Theory, Class, Political Economy

Abstract

"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. Chief among these is the practice of conspicuous consumption, a pattern of behavior that more than survives to the present day. With exquisite irony, Veblen discusses the hollowness of our canons of taste and culture and considers the emptiness of those habits of life and thought that many of us like to regard as our strengths."--Page 4 of cover.

Description

A critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. It satirizes practices such as 'conspicuous consumption', a pattern of behaviour that still flourishes among us

Biblio Notes

Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thorstein Veblen
ISBN: 0140187952 9780140187953 0486280624 9780486280622
OCLC Number: 31212002
Notes: Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1899. With new introduction.
Description: xi, 400 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents: Pecuniary emulation --
Conspicuous leisure --
Conspicuous consumption --
The pecuniary standard of living --
Pecuniary canons of taste --
Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture --
Industrial exemption and conservatism --
The conservation of archaic traits --
Modern survivals of prowess --
The belief in luck --
Devout observances --
Survivals of the non-invidious interest --
The higher learning as an expression of the pecuniary culture.
Series Title: Penguin twentieth-century classics.
Responsibility: Thorstein Veblen ; introduction by Robert Lekachman.

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