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A 4 page paper which
discusses the reality of the leisure class as it is presented by Veblen and argues that the
leisure class still exists today. No additional sources cited.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAleisure.doc
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-- properly! Introduction The book, "The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen, was written at the end of
the nineteenth century. It details many things about a particular class he classified as the leisure class. In this book Veblen discussed education, politics, dress, and many other conditions that
were particular to that class. Now, of course he was predominantly discussing a class which existed in the Victorian Era, but still, many wonder if such a class still exists.
In the following paper we discuss some of the aspects of this class and illustrate that, indeed, the leisure class does exist today, though differently. What is the
Leisure Class? In Veblens introduction he states that "The institution of a leisure class is found in its best development at the higher stages of the barbarian culture; as, for
instance, in feudal Europe or feudal Japan. In such communities the distinction between classes is very rigorously observed; and the feature of most striking economic significance in these class differences
is the distinction maintained between the employments proper to the several classes." From this we see that the leisure class is, first of all, a class of people set higher,
financially and socially, than others who must somehow struggle and work for a living. Veblen further emphases this in the following: "The upper classes are by custom exempt or
excluded from industrial occupations, and are reserved for certain employments to which a degree of honour attaches. Chief among the honourable employments in any feudal community is warfare; and priestly
service is commonly second to warfare...But the rule holds with but slight exceptions that, whether warriors or priests, the upper classes are exempt from industrial employments, and this exemption is
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