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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 124

托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资

Still, there is ground for the sportsman's claim that under the existing conventionalities his need of recreation and of contact with nature can best be satisfied by the course which he takes. Certain canons of good breeding have been imposed by the prescriptive example of a predatory leisure class in the past and have been somewhat painstakingly conserved by the usage of the latter-day representatives of that class; and these canons will not permit him, without blame, to seek contact with nature on other terms. From being an honorable employment handed down from the predatory culture as the highest form of everyday leisure, sports have come to be the only form of outdoor activity that has the full sanction of decorum. Among the proximate incentives to shooting and angling, then, may be the need of recreation and outdoor life. The remoter cause which imposes the necessity of seeking these objects under the cover of systematic slaughter is a prescription that can not be violated except at the risk of disrepute and consequent lesion to one's self-respect.

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定位:Excerpt 124 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

尽管如此,运动者声称在现有习俗下,他对娱乐和接触自然的需求可以通过他所采取的方式得到最好满足,这是有根据的。过去掠夺性有闲阶级的示范强加了一些良好教养的准则,并由该阶级近代代表们的惯例加以精心保存;这些准则不允许他以其他方式接触自然而不受责备。运动从掠夺文化传下来的日常休闲的最高形式,已成为唯一完全得到礼仪认可户外活动。因此,射击和钓鱼的近因可能是需要娱乐和户外生活。而迫使这些目标必须在系统性屠杀的掩护下寻求的更深层原因,是一种不能违反的规范,否则就会冒名誉受损和随之而来的自尊伤害的风险。

上下文

凡勃伦解释运动者为何坚持狩猎钓鱼:社会礼仪规范迫使如此。

今日一问

你是否有过为了符合某种“体面”而坚持某种活动?

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