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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 127
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
The astute man, it may be remarked, is of no economic value to the community--unless it be for the purpose of sharp practice in dealings with other communities. His functioning is not a furtherance of the generic life process. At its best, in its direct economic bearing, it is a conversion of the economic substance of the collectivity to a growth alien to the collective life process--very much after the analogy of what in medicine would be called a benign tumor, with some tendency to transgress the uncertain line that divides the benign from the malign growths. The two barbarian traits, ferocity and astuteness, go to make up the predaceous temper or spiritual attitude. They are the expressions of a narrowly self-regarding habit of mind. Both are highly serviceable for individual expediency in a life looking to invidious success. Both also have a high aesthetic value. Both are fostered by the pecuniary culture. But both alike are of no use for the purposes of the collective life.
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定位:Excerpt 127 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
凡勃伦认为,精明的人对社会整体经济没有贡献,除非用来对付别的群体。他的作用不是推动共同生活,最多只是把集体财富转成与集体生活无关的增长,像良性肿瘤,还有恶变风险。凶悍和精明是掠夺性格的两面,都出于只顾自己的心态,对个人争胜很有用,也有审美价值,但无益于集体生活。今天看,这意味着别把零和博弈中的机巧当成本事;要问自己的精明是在创造价值,还是在转移价值。
上下文
凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》讨论有闲阶级与掠夺气质,批判金钱文化下精明与凶悍被推崇。
今日一问
你最近一次“精明”的操作,是在创造价值,还是在转移别人的价值?
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