Veblen

How To Use Veblen In A Sentence

• Veblen was not only a famous economist and sociologist in the 20th century but also a rationalistic representative in the philosophical genres of higher education.
• Bourdieu implies the same Romantic preference for the work ethic and antipathy towards abstraction as Veblen.
• However, it is also a satire on the mores of the rich — and it is interesting to see how little has changed in what Veblen termed "pecuniary reputability. The Calculus Of Pleasure
• As early as the 1930s Veblen expressed pride in the enormous strides the country had taken up to that time.
• By the fin de siècle this view of high-end consumption had so exploded that Thorstein Veblen unloosed the first modern sustained attack on luxury in his thoroughly entertaining Theory of the Leisure Class.
• Veblen was not only a famous economist and sociologist but also a rationalistic representative in the philosophical genres of higher education.
• Although primarily a critique of the subtle exercise of power, Veblen's book gained popularity as a biting satire of upper-class pretensions.
• Veblen objects to the principle of undirected markets.
• In the tradition of two of America's greatest social commentators, Alexis de Tocqueville and Thorstein Veblen, Fuller points out that we are all somebodies and nobodies, that dignity is non-negotiable.
• Bourdieu implies the same Romantic preference for the work ethic and antipathy towards abstraction as Veblen.