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The Theory of the Leisure Class

作者 Thorstein Veblen · 14 部分 · about 8 hours 46 minutes 阅读时间

你好,我叫 Finn,我来帮你读懂这本书。

来了,像给10岁的你讲的那样:

为什么有钱人要买他们不需要的东西，穿他们没法干活的衣服？凡勃伦有一个尖锐的答案。他们是在炫耀。华美的衣服、大房子、长长的假期和良好的举止，说的都是同一句话：我有这么多钱，可以随便浪费。这本书给这种炫耀起了个名字，而你一旦学会这个名字，就会开始到处看见它。

整本书用英文阅读。这里是所有章节:

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章节

Chapter 1: Introductory27 min Chapter 2: Pecuniary Emulation16 min Chapter 3: Conspicuous Leisure43 min Chapter 4: Conspicuous Consumption45 min Chapter 5: The Pecuniary Standard of Living16 min Chapter 6: Pecuniary Canons of Taste71 min Chapter 7: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture29 min Chapter 8: Industrial Exemption and Conservatism31 min Chapter 9: The Conservation of Archaic Traits43 min Chapter 10: Modern Survivals of Prowess40 min Chapter 11: The Belief in Luck22 min Chapter 12: Devout Observances52 min Chapter 13: Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests41 min Chapter 14: The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture50 min