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The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen · 初版 1899 年
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为什么值得读
- 深刻揭示有闲阶级不劳而获的消费本质
- 解释阶级与现代社群结构的形成机制
- 观点辛辣冷峻，是理解现代社会的基石
经济学家Thorstein Veblen于1899年出版的《The Theory of the Leisure Class》被视为对消费主义的首次深度批判，如今已被公认为经济学理论的伟大著作之一。通过运用当代与人类学层面的记录，Veblen指出，主导我们经济与社会规范的是早期部落生活的遗存，而非效用观念。
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要是谁还没读过凡勃伦的《The Theory of the Leisure Class》（有闲阶级论），现在正是推荐的好时候：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_the_Leisure_Class 这是我用来理解现代世界的试金石之一。
Now might be a good time to recommend Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class for anyone who hasn't read it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_the_Leisure_Class One of my touchstones for understanding the modern world.
……http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a41653-1999d... “优雅的服饰之所以能达到优雅的目的，不仅在于它昂贵，还在于它是闲暇的象征，”托尔斯坦·凡勃伦在他 1899 年的名著《The Theory of the Leisure Class》中写道。“它不仅表明穿着者能够消费相对庞大的价值，而且同时证明了他只消费而不生产。”
…http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a41653-1999d... "Elegant dress serves its purpose of elegance not only in that it is expensive, but also because it is the insignia of leisure," Thorsten Veblen wrote in his classic "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899). "It not only shows that the wearer is able to consume a relatively large value, but it argues at the same time that he consumes without producing."
托尔斯坦·凡勃伦的《The Theory of the Leisure Class》（1899年）。这本书对我来说读起来挺费劲，因为语言非常古旧晦涩，但它基本把阶级和社会的架构讲得透透的。作为一个内向者和社交隐士，……
Thorstein Veblen's "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899). The book was difficult to read for me since the language is very archaic, but it pretty much explained a lot about how class and community is structured. As an introvert and a social recluse,…
有兴趣的人，我强烈推荐《Theory of the Leisure Class》，凡勃伦在这本书里阐述了这个概念：http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/theoryleisureclass.pdf
For anyone interested, I highly recommend _Theory of the Leisure Class_, in which Veblen developed the notion: http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/theoryleisureclass.pdf
理查德·费曼（你提到过他）——《别闹了，费曼先生！》（Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman）；托尔斯坦·凡勃伦（经济学；我读过最愤世嫉俗的经济学书之一——褒义上的）——《The Theory of the Leisure Class》；诺伯特·维纳（哲学、机器人）——《人有人的用处：控制论与社会》（The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society）
Richard Feynman (you mentioned him) - Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman Thorstein Veblen (econ; one of the most cynical econ books I've ever read--in a good way) - The Theory of the Leisure Class Norbert Weiner (philosophy, robots) - The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society
……很大程度上）是为了提供社会地位。一个人的地位提升，就大致等比例地降低了另一个人的地位，从社会角度来看，这就让那个产品或多或少失去了实际价值。托尔斯坦·凡勃伦的《The Theory of the Leisure Class》就沿着这个思路给出了极具说服力的论证。
…part) meant to provide status. Increasing the status of one person roughly proportionately decreases the status of another, rendering that product more or less useless from a societal point of view. The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen puts forth a compelling argument along these lines.