Thorstein Veblen thought both sport and religion characterized the leisure class. Which one of these is perhaps more characteristics of the leisure class today and why?
What will be an ideal response?
While religion is waning in the United States, conspicuous consumption has only grown in terms of sport
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a. Symbolic interactionism b. Conflict theory c. Functionalism d. Feminism
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a. anomie b. future shock c. cultural lag d. technophrenia
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