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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 160
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
In this respect the classics have until lately had scarcely a rival. They still have no dangerous rival on the continent of Europe, but lately, since college athletics have won their way into a recognized standing as an accredited field of scholarly accomplishment, this latter branch of learning--if athletics may be freely classed as learning--has become a rival of the classics for the primacy in leisure-class education in American and English schools. Athletics have an obvious advantage over the classics for the purpose of leisure-class learning, since success as an athlete presumes, not only waste of time, but also waste of money, as well as the possession of certain highly unindustrial archaic traits of character and temperament. In the German universities the place of athletics and Greek-letter fraternities, as a leisure-class scholarly occupation, has in some measure been supplied by a skilled and graded inebriety and a perfunctory duelling.
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定位:Excerpt 160 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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凡勃伦指出,古典学在证明“浪费”方面几乎独霸一方,直到最近才在美国和英国学校遇到对手:大学体育。体育作为有闲阶级教育,优势明显,因为运动员成功不仅预设浪费时间,还预设浪费金钱,并具备某些非工业的古老性格特质。在德国大学,体育和兄弟会的位置,某种程度上由熟练的分级醉酒和敷衍的决斗来填补。这说明,凡是能展示“耗得起”的活动,都可能被纳入教育体系,成为身份象征。
上下文
凡勃伦比较古典学与大学体育在英美教育中的声望竞争,并提及德国大学的替代活动。
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你身边有没有某种活动,其实主要功能是展示“耗得起”而非真才实学?
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