Who is Thorstein Veblen from Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 and what is their importance? Visions_of_Excess:_Selected_Writings_1927-1939 English & Literature "Thorstein Veblen | Visions of Excess: Selected Writings

Thorstein Veblen is the name of a sociologist that coins the phrase "conspicuous consumption." Bataille claims that this is a tool the rich use in destroying more goods than anyone else to reaffirm their class position over the poor. Bataille claims Revolution enables lower classes to control means of expenditure by expending the ruling class.