LSR 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Conspicuous Leisure, Conspicuous Consumption, Thorstein Veblen

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Leisure Studies
• Course: LSR 2110
• Professor: Paul Heintzman

Document Summary

Critique: strengths of theory some basis in fact: was observing people in his day that displayed leisure through consumption. 72b-72d (how do the authors critique the theory) Financial post article: ridiculously, deliciously conspicuous consumption : subtitle: imagine that money is no object, that youre one of the elite making ultra luxury goods the hot trend of the season . Bejeweled underwear conspicuous consumption doesn"t necessarily make us happier. Chris rojeck (2000) leisure and the rich today: veblen"s thesis after a century the rich work longer hours. What is affluenza: disease of consumerism, an unhappy condition of debt, overload, and anxiety do you see affluenza as an illness in our society, see veblen"s wasteful spiral of consumption. What is the relationship between affluenza and leisure: people consider shopping to be leisurely. Buy nothing day: nov 25 created by adbusters from vancouver. Gross domestic product general measure used to talk about the economic growth of society.