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'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.'
In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life'. In so doing he produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behaviour. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy; with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, animals, sports, the home, the clergy, scholars - all are assessed for their true usefulness and found wanting. The targets of Veblen's coruscating satire are as evident today as they were a century ago, and his book still has the power to shock and enlighten. Veblen's uncompromising arguments and the influential literary force of his writing are assessed in Martha Banta's Introduction.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life'. In so doing he produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behaviour. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy; with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, animals, sports, the home, the clergy, scholars - all are assessed for their true usefulness and found wanting. The targets of Veblen's coruscating satire are as evident today as they were a century ago, and his book still has the power to shock and enlighten. Veblen's uncompromising arguments and the influential literary force of his writing are assessed in Martha Banta's Introduction.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Occypy Wall Street read this book!
2012/11/12
By Nancy L. Brown
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Clearly delineates the two figures on the historical horizon: the earlier, "savage" man (or woman - Veblen regards women as those responsible for humanity's progress in food) who labors, admires craftsmanship, and, the later "barbaric" man: the predator who, by force and fraud, seizes and controls the usufruct to the detriment of the underlying population. In the semi-peaceful modern period, the barbarian is the pecuniary (monied)class, the businessmen and vested interests who seek a profit, as opposed to the technologists and laborers in charge of the actual production of goods. The profit comes usually at the sabotage of production, and is a matter of salesmanship, not technological knowledge. In this book Veblen paints the mindset of the pecuniary class: make believe: an anthropomorphic god, gradations in rank, and a showing of status by Not Working: conspicuous liesure, conspicuous waste, so that those who actually do work will find work "irksome" due to an envious comparison with the non-worker. With this book you'll learn why we have lawns rather than urban gardens, why sports and entertainment are so highly valued, why people hunt, why no one picks up garbage in a public place, why stock market crashes are the rule rather than the exception, why women paint their nails and bind their feet, and why there are priests even today. The man who predicted the stock market crash of 1929 and the world war to follow World War One, presents to you his very first book. Also, those who wish to improve their vocabulary and the grammar of an argument could not find a better teacher.
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A shot of wry
2012/7/2
By Simon G. Barrett
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One of those works, like Charles MacKay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds that merits a place in any library of a hundred or two stretching from Gilgamesh (or, if we're staying anglophone, Gawain) to, let's say, The Economic Consequences of the Peace. (The clamour of the modern era is altogether too deafening.) Some will find Veblen's spiky style impenetrable - and it is infuriatingly circuitous; I, by contrast, get bogged down in the spongey MacKay
Veblen's curious wry tone summons the ghost of Gibbon or, before him, Johnson:
'There was undoubtedly some appropriation of useful articles before the custom of appropriating women arose'
'[T]he possession of wealth has become the basis of commonplace reputability and of a blameless social standing'
The total absence of a bibliography I find refreshing; presumably Gibbon didn't bother with such things either. Curious that this edition has received no reviews. If Martha Banta's introductions are all as good as this she's doing a damn fine job - I'd taken her for some kind of Veblen maven
Veblen's curious wry tone summons the ghost of Gibbon or, before him, Johnson:
'There was undoubtedly some appropriation of useful articles before the custom of appropriating women arose'
'[T]he possession of wealth has become the basis of commonplace reputability and of a blameless social standing'
The total absence of a bibliography I find refreshing; presumably Gibbon didn't bother with such things either. Curious that this edition has received no reviews. If Martha Banta's introductions are all as good as this she's doing a damn fine job - I'd taken her for some kind of Veblen maven
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Theory of Economic Life
2012/12/18
By James F. Mueller
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形式:ペーパーバック
Thorstein Veblen's book really is a fascinating study of American economic life. His thesis can be summarized this way: people consume goods in order to demonstrate their wealth and reputability to others. Thus, consumption is directed not at the satisfaction of the person himself, but aims rather to please and pique the opinions of others. A fascinating book with engaging prose.
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