Theory of the Leisure Class
In The Theory of the Leisure Class, his first and best-known work, Thorstein Veblen challenges some of society''s most cherished standards of behavior and, with devastating wit and satire, exposes the hollowness of many of our canons of taste, education, dress, and culture.
Veblen uses the leisure class as his example because it is this class that sets the standards followed by every level of socie...
In The Theory of the Leisure Class, his first and best-known work, Thorstein Veblen challenges some of society''s most cherished standards of behavior and, with devastating wit and satire, exposes the hollowness of many of our canons of taste, education, dress, and culture.
Veblen uses the leisure class as his example because it is this class that sets the standards followed by every level of socie...
