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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 91

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

It is a matter of common notoriety that when individuals, or even considerable groups of men, are segregated from a higher industrial culture and exposed to a lower cultural environment, or to an economic situation of a more primitive character, they quickly show evidence of reversion toward the spiritual features which characterize the predatory type; and it seems probable that the dolicho-blond type of European man is possessed of a greater facility for such reversion to barbarism than the other ethnic elements with which that type is associated in the Western culture. Examples of such a reversion on a small scale abound in the later history of migration and colonization. Except for the fear of offending that chauvinistic patriotism which is so characteristic a feature of the predatory culture, and the presence of which is frequently the most striking mark of reversion in modern communities, the case of the American colonies might be cited as an example of such a reversion on an unusually large scale, though it was not a reversion of very large scope.

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定位:Excerpt 91 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

当个人或群体脱离较高的工业文化,进入较低的文化环境或更原始的经济状况时,他们会迅速表现出向掠夺型精神特征倒退的迹象。欧洲的长头金发类型比其他族群更容易发生这种向野蛮的倒退。历史上移民和殖民的例子很多。美国殖民地可能是一个大规模倒退的例子,但出于对沙文主义爱国主义的顾忌,作者没有详细展开。

上下文

凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》讨论制度变迁时,以人类学视角分析文化倒退现象。

今日一问

今天有哪些环境变化可能让人或群体更容易退回更粗暴的生存逻辑?

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