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

But the change of standards and points of view is gradual only, and it seldom results in the subversion or entire suppression of a standpoint once accepted. A distinction is still habitually made between industrial and non-industrial occupations; and this modern distinction is a transmuted form of the barbarian distinction between exploit and drudgery. Such employments as warfare, politics, public worship, and public merrymaking, are felt, in the popular apprehension, to differ intrinsically from the labour that has to do with elaborating the material means of life. The precise line of demarcation is not the same as it was in the early barbarian scheme, but the broad distinction has not fallen into disuse.

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定位:Excerpt 5 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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但标准和观点的改变是渐进的,很少颠覆或完全压制一个已被接受的立场。人们仍习惯区分工业与非工业职业;这种现代区分是野蛮人“功业与苦工”区分的变形。战争、政治、公共礼拜和公共欢庆等职业,在流行观念中仍被认为本质上不同于加工物质生活手段的劳动。确切分界线与早期野蛮方案不同,但宽泛区分并未废弃。

上下文

凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》指出,现代职业区分仍残留野蛮时代的功业与苦工之分。

今日一问

今天哪些职业仍被默认为“高人一等”,尽管它们并不直接生产物质生活手段?

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