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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 156

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

The professed grounds on which it has been sought, as far as might be, to maintain the received standards and methods of culture intact are likewise characteristic of the archaic temperament and of the leisure-class theory of life. The enjoyment and the bent derived from habitual contemplation of the life, ideals, speculations, and methods of consuming time and goods, in vogue among the leisure class of classical antiquity, for instance, is felt to be "higher", "nobler", "worthier", than what results in these respects from a like familiarity with the everyday life and the knowledge and aspirations of commonplace humanity in a modern community, that learning the content of which is an unmitigated knowledge of latter-day men and things is by comparison "lower", "base", "ignoble"--one even hears the epithet "sub-human" applied to this matter-of-fact knowledge of mankind and of everyday life.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/833
定位:Excerpt 156 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

凡勃伦批评,维护传统博雅教育的人,理由是古典生活“更高贵”,而现代日常知识“低贱”,甚至被说成“近乎动物”。这种态度其实是有闲阶级的遗风:把熟悉古典当成优越感。但知识本身没有高低,只有是否管用。今天选书或选课时,要警惕那种“读古典就高人一等”的偏见,多问:这个知识能帮我理解现实吗?别让品味变成逃避现实的借口。

上下文

凡勃伦批判古典人文教育维护者以“高贵”为名贬低现代实用知识,认为这是有闲阶级的偏见。

今日一问

你有没有因为“显得高级”而学过什么,其实并不解决实际问题?

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