Luxury and Capitalism

Author: Thorstein Veblen
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Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book primarily elaborates on the phenomenon of wealth accumulation and excessive consumption during the formation of capitalism. The expansion of cities and the hedonistic lifestyle of royal courts led to a change in moral values: promiscuity in sexuality, concubines of kings and ministers in the court. The emergence of high-class courtesans brought a culture of extravagance and pursuit of luxury to the entire society. The author conducted a detailed study of these phenomena, listing, analyzing, and comparing a large amount of statistical data, revealing the hidden aspects of early capitalist society, and was called a "book full of interest and boldness." It gives readers an intuitive understanding of luxury and capitalism. This book is part of the "Mini-Classics of the Century Human Culture Series."