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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 30

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

This direct, subjective value of leisure and of other evidences of wealth is no doubt in great part secondary and derivative. It is in part a reflex of the utility of leisure as a means of gaining the respect of others, and in part it is the result of a mental substitution. The performance of labour has been accepted as a conventional evidence of inferior force; therefore it comes itself, by a mental short-cut, to be regarded as intrinsically base.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/833
定位:Excerpt 30 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

休闲和其他财富证据本身的价值,很大程度上是派生出来的。一部分是因为休闲能赢得别人尊重,另一部分是一种心理替代:劳动一直被当作低能力的证据,于是人们走捷径,直接认为劳动本身低贱。所以,我们觉得某些事“有面子”或“丢份”,往往不是事物本身如此,而是社会比较和心理惯性在作祟。看清这一点,就能少被这些观念绑架。

上下文

凡勃伦解释休闲的价值是派生性的,源于社会尊重和心理联想,而非内在属性。

今日一问

你有没有因为“怕丢份”而拒绝做某件其实合理的事?

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