The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of InstitutionsB. W. Huebsch, 1912 - 404 psl. |
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æsthetic animistic anthropomorphic cults appreciable aptitudes archaic beauty canons of reputability character characteristic chiefly civilised commonly conservatism conservative conspicuous consumption conspicuous leisure conspicuous waste consumer degree devout observances direction divinity dominant dress economic effect efficiency effort element employments emulation especially ethnic types everyday evidence exigencies expenditure expression fact gentleman of leisure ground habit of mind habits of thought hand higher honorific honour human nature ideal imputed individual industrial community instinct of workmanship institutions invidious comparison labour learning leisure class less manual labour matter men's ment methods modern industrial motive nomic non-invidious organisations ownership peaceable pecuniary culture pecuniary decency pecuniary reputability persons phase point of view population predaceous predatory culture present priestly productive propensity proprieties purpose quasi-peaceable regards relation relatively respect scheme selective sense servants serve social spiritual stage standard substantial sumption survival tabu temperament tion to-day traits true usage vicarious leisure vogue wealth women
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82 psl. - ... tidiness appeal is a taste which has been formed under the selective guidance of a canon of propriety that demands just these evidences of wasted effort. The effects are pleasing to us chiefly because we have been taught to find them pleasing. There goes into these domestic duties much solicitude for a proper combination of form and colour, and for other ends that are to be classed as aesthetic in the proper sense of the term; and it is not denied that effects having some substantial aesthetic...
26 psl. - Ownership began and grew into a human institution on grounds unrelated to the subsistence minimum. The dominant incentive was from the outset the invidious distinction attaching to wealth, and, save temporarily and by exception, no other motive has usurped the primacy at any later stage of the development.
99 psl. - The test to which all expenditure must be brought in an attempt to decide that point is the question whether it serves directly to enhance human life on the whole whether it furthers the life process taken impersonally. For this is the basis of award of the instinct of workmanship, and that instinct is the court of final appeal in any question of economic truth or adequacy. It is a question as to the award rendered by a dispassionate common sense. The question is, therefore, not whether, under...
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186 psl. - The situation of to-day shapes the institutions of tomorrow through a selective, coercive process, by acting upon men's habitual view of things, and so altering or fortifying a point of view or a mental attitude handed down from the past.
Bibliografinė informacija
| Pavadinimas | The Theory of the Leisure Class An Economic Study of Institutions |
| Autorius | Veblen Thorstein |
| Leidėjas | B. W. Huebsch, 1912 |
| Ilgis | 404 psl. |
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