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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 44
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
Personal service is still an element of great economic importance, especially as regards the distribution and consumption of goods; but its relative importance even in this direction is no doubt less than it once was. The best development of this vicarious leisure lies in the past rather than in the present; and its best expression in the present is to be found in the scheme of life of the upper leisure class. To this class the modern culture owes much in the way of the conservation of traditions, usages, and habits of thought which belong on a more archaic cultural plane, so far as regards their widest acceptance and their most effective development.
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定位:Excerpt 44 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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个人服务在经济上仍很重要,尤其在商品分配和消费方面;但其相对重要性无疑比过去小了。这种代理休闲的最好发展在过去而非现在;在当代,其最佳体现见于上层有闲阶级的生活方式。现代文化在很大程度上要感谢这个阶级保存了传统、习俗和思维习惯——这些属于更古老的文化层面,就其在最广泛接受和最有效发展而言。
上下文
凡勃伦指出代理休闲的黄金时代已过,但上层阶级仍保存着古老传统。
今日一问
你所在圈子保留的哪些习惯,其实源于旧时代的身份等级?
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