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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 151

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

For an appreciation of the relation which these higher seminaries of learning bear to the economic life of the community, the phenomena which have been reviewed are of importance rather as indications of a general attitude than as being in themselves facts of first-rate economic consequence. They go to show what is the instinctive attitude and animus of the learned class towards the life process of an industrial community. They serve as an exponent of the stage of development, for the industrial purpose, attained by the higher learning and by the learned class, and so they afford an indication as to what may fairly be looked for from this class at points where the learning and the life of the class bear more immediately upon the economic life and efficiency of the community, and upon the adjustment of its scheme of life to the requirements of the time. What these ritualistic survivals go to indicate is a prevalence of conservatism, if not of reactionary sentiment, especially among the higher schools where the conventional learning is cultivated.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/833
定位:Excerpt 151 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

凡勃伦认为,大学里那些仪式化的旧习,本身经济意义不大,但能反映学者群体对工业社会的本能态度。他们保守、甚至反动,尤其在崇尚古典学问的高等学府。这告诉我们,当学问直接作用于经济效率时,不能指望这批人推动改革。要判断一个学术机构是否跟得上时代,别只看它教什么,要看它对工业生活的实际态度是开放还是守旧。今天选专业或评估学校,也该看它是否愿意调整课程去回应现实需求,而不是死守传统。

上下文

凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》讨论高等教育与有闲阶级的关系,指出古典学术常沦为身份象征。

今日一问

你所在的领域或学校,有哪些“传统”其实只是习惯,而非真正有用?

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