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Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Beatrice Potter Webb

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Topic

Religion

Author

Beatrice Potter Webb

Source

My Apprenticeship

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Webb, Beatrice Potter. My Apprenticeship. Cambridge University Press, 1979, ch. 2. Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1926, ch. 2.

In order to gain and to hold the esteem of men it is not sufficient merely to possess wealth or power. The wealth or power must be put in evidence, for esteem is awarded only on evidence.

Thorstein Veblen

The Theory of the Leisure Class

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Topic

Status games Consumerism

Author

Thorstein Veblen

Source

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Genre

Sociology Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions. Macmillan, 1899, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class, edited by Martha Banta. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 3.

Under certain circumstances, one nowhere feels as lonely and lost as in the metropolitan crowd.

Georg Simmel

The Metropolis and Mental Life

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Topic

Loneliness

Author

Georg Simmel

Source

The Metropolis and Mental Life

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

German

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Simmel, Georg. "Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben [The Metropolis and Mental Life]." The First German Municipal Exposition. 1903, Dresden, Germany.

Current Citation

Simmel, Georg. "The Metropolis and Mental Life." Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969.

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and smug in "the social," our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.

Jean Baudrillard

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Topic

Modern life

Author

Jean Baudrillard

Source

Cool Memories

Language

French

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Baudrillard, Jean. Cool Memories: 1980-1985. Editions Galilee, 1987, ch. 1.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Thorstein Veblen

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Topic

Display of wealth Reputation Consumerism

Author

Thorstein Veblen

Source

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Genre

Sociology Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions. Macmillan, 1899, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class, edited by Martha Banta. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

Ivan Illich

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Topic

Consumerism

Author

Ivan Illich

Source

Tools for Conviviality

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Illich, Ivan. Tools for Conviviality. Harper & Row, 1973, ch. 3.

This book is about the organization man...The people I am talking about...are not the workers, nor are they the white-collar people in the usual, clerk sense of the word. These people only work for the Organization. The ones I am talking about belong to it as well.

William H. Whyte, Jr.

The Organization Man

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Topic

Company man

Author

William H. Whyte, Jr.

Source

The Organization Man

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Whyte, William H, Jr. The Organization Man. Simon & Schuster, 1956, ch. 1.

By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.

C. Wright Mills

The Power Elite

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Topic

American elite Elites

Author

C. Wright Mills

Source

The Power Elite

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Mills, C. Wright. The Power Elite. Oxford University Press, 1956, ch. 1.

The dog... Commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery, and as he is also an item of expense, and commonly serves no industrial purpose, he holds a well-assured place in men's regard as a thing of good repute.

Thorstein Veblen

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Dogs Man and animals

Author

Thorstein Veblen

Source

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Genre

Sociology Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions. Macmillan, 1899, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class, edited by Martha Banta. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 6.

The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.

Max Weber

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Topic

Absurdity of life Religion

Author

Max Weber

Source

Politics as a Vocation

Medium

Lecture

Language

German

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Weber, Max. "Politiks wie Beruf [Politics As a Vocation]." 1917, Munich University, Munich, Germany. Lecture.