上浒充通大学 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY 1,Veblen and Leisure Class "A certain king of France...is said to have lost his life.......In the absence of the functionary whose office it was to shift his master's seat, the king sat uncomplaining before the fire and suffered his royal person to be toasted beyond recovery.But in so doing,he saved his Most Christian Majesty from menial contamination. For modern man,in Veblen's eyes,was only a shade removed from his barbarian forebears 1日51, Veblen and Leisure Class “A certain king of France ... is said to have lost his life……. In the absence of the functionary whose office it was to shift his master’s seat, the king sat uncomplaining before the fire and suffered his royal person to be toasted beyond recovery. But in so doing, he saved his Most Christian Majesty from menial contamination.” For modern man, in Veblen’s eyes, was only a shade removed from his barbarian forebears