Thorstein Veblen
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 Thorstein Veblen      | |
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| Born | 1857-07-30 Cato, Wisconsin |
| Died | 1929-08-03 (Age 72) Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Carleton College, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University |
| Interests | consumerism |
“Veblen may be said to have betrayed the betrayers by thinking unholy thoughts on holy ground and by using the ritualistic paraphernalia of scholarship — ordinarily employed in buttressing the social order and impressing the gullible — for profoundly subversive purposes.”
Daniel Aaron [1]
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References
- ↑ https://pinkindustry.wordpress.com/sociology/#_ftn17 Men of Good Hope, (Oxford University Press, 1951) pp. 208-245
