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Leisure and The Theory of the Leisure Class

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Leisure and The Theory of the Leisure Class

Leisure vs. The Theory of the Leisure Class

Leisure has often been defined as a quality of experience or as free time. Free time is time spent away from business, work, job hunting, domestic chores, and education, as well as necessary activities such as eating and sleeping. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is a treatise on economics and a detailed, social critique of conspicuous consumption, as a function of social class and of consumerism, derived from the social stratification of people and the division of labour, which are the social institutions of the feudal period (9th – 15th centuries) that have continued to the modern era.

Similarities between Leisure and The Theory of the Leisure Class

Leisure and The Theory of the Leisure Class have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Conspicuous consumption, Conspicuous leisure, Penguin Books, Thorstein Veblen.

Conspicuous consumption

Conspicuous consumption is the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power—of the income or of the accumulated wealth of the buyer.

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Conspicuous leisure

Conspicuous leisure is a concept introduced by the American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen, in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899).

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Bunde Veblen (born Torsten Bunde Veblen; July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929), a Norwegian-American economist and sociologist, became famous as a witty critic of capitalism.

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Leisure and The Theory of the Leisure Class Comparison

Leisure has 50 relations, while The Theory of the Leisure Class has 129. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.23% = 4 / (50 + 129).

References

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