The Theory of the Leisure Class
$23.95
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2009
Summary
‘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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199552580 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199552584 |
| Author: | Thorstein Veblen, Martha Banta |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 211g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Martha Banta’s forthcoming book from Yale (Summer 2007), One True Theory and the Quest for an American Aesthetic treats in depth Veblen’s role as the champion of new modes of scientific inquiry that influenced many areas of social thought.
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