Theory of the Leisure Class

Name: Theory of the Leisure Class
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ISBN: 9780140187953

ISBN-10: 0140187952

ISBN-13: 9780140187953

Edition: 1994

Authors: Thorstein. Veblen, Robert Lekachman, Robert Lekachman

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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. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.10" wide x 7.70" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction



Preface



Introductory



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 Pecunlary Culture