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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 97

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

The institution of a leisure class has an effect not only upon social structure but also upon the individual character of the members of society. So soon as a given proclivity or a given point of view has won acceptance as an authoritative standard or norm of life it will react upon the character of the members of the society which has accepted it as a norm. It will to some extent shape their habits of thought and will exercise a selective surveillance over the development of men's aptitudes and inclinations. This effect is wrought partly by a coercive, educational adaptation of the habits of all individuals, partly by a selective elimination of the unfit individuals and lines of descent. Such human material as does not lend itself to the methods of life imposed by the accepted scheme suffers more or less elimination as well as repression. The principles of pecuniary emulation and of industrial exemption have in this way been erected into canons of life, and have become coercive factors of some importance in the situation to which men have to adapt themselves.

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定位:Excerpt 97 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

有闲阶级一旦确立,不仅改变社会结构,也塑造每个人的性格。当某种倾向被公认为生活标准,它就会反过来影响接受它的人:一方面通过教育强迫所有人适应,另一方面淘汰不适应的人及其后代。于是,金钱攀比和免于劳动成了生活准则,变成人们必须适应的强大力量。

上下文

凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》讨论制度如何塑造人性,强调社会规范对个体的选择作用。

今日一问

你身边有哪些“公认标准”正在悄悄塑造你的习惯和选择?

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