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The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Thorstein Veblen

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The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Thorstein Veblen

The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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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 andwaste 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 unessentialgoods 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 toshock and enlighten. Veblen's uncompromising arguments and the influential literary force of his writing are assessed in Martha Banta's Introduction. | The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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