I

Iceland, Icelanders, 2

India

Andaman Islanders, 6, 13

Brahmins in, 1–2

Todas of Nilgiri Hills, 6

indirect utility, 155, 156

indolence, 22, 43

industrial efficiency

anthropomorphic cults curtail, 307, 318

the center of collective interests in industrial society, 227

education for, 283, 304–305

gambling incompatible with, 276–277

labour not lessened by productivity increases, 111

patronage tends to lower, 382

pecuniary efficiency incompatible with, 241

industrial society

animism, anthropomorphism unsuited to, 304

artisans in, 321, 322–323

a by-product of industrial process, 387

decline of leisure class as norm of reputability, 360

devoutness not consonant with, 331

education in, primary and secondary, 388–390

effect of belief in luck on intelligence needed for, 287–288

effect on advancing science, 387

emulation's legitimacy doubted, 340

exoteric knowledge suited to, 367

leisure class's relationship to, 246, 319, 335, 362

lower-class delinquents' relationship to, 319

the poor in, 319–320

sports in, 272–273

traits suited to, 223, 224–228, 241–242, 262, 264, 275, 282–283, 304, 361–362

undissolved residue of crude humanity in, 254

warfare in, 248

women's movement in, 353–361

industry, captains of, 230, 242

industry, industrial employment

aptitudes suited to, 239–240

barbarian survivals in, 241–242

defined, 10, 12

habits of thought typically non-invidious in, 232–233, 241, 283

honour lower than from pecuniary employment, 231

industry, industrial employment (continued)

honour reflected on, 79

inferior classes, the purview of, 2

irksomeness from imputed indignity, 17

middle class heads of household often perform, 81

origins in women's work, 4–5

pecuniary employment compared to, 229–231, 239–240

production its basis, 208

utilisation of non-human things, 10

See also exploit

inferior classes

ascent to leisure class, 235–237

boys in, 252

conspicuous consumption in, 84–85

employments suitable to, 2, 79

emulation in, 35–36

fighting in, 249

labour not derogatory within, 35

labouring evidence of membership, 2, 38

leisure in, 84–85

motives for acquisition, 26

printers, journeymen, 89–91

science, contributions to, 386

self-respect lacking, 30

spectator role reduced by growth of leisure class, 187

sports to, 272

tenacity of purpose in, 237

warfare, attitude regarding, 247–248

women in predatory stage, 69

inheritance

of gentility, 76

more honorific than wealth acquired by effort, 29

innovation

considered vulgar, 200

conspicuous waste restricts, 174, 177

in dress, 176–177

in higher learning, 380–381

unaffected by conspicuous waste, 165–166

instinct of sportsmanship, 270

instinct of workmanship

conspicuous waste counteracted by, 91–93

defined, 15

futility's effect on, 352

in gambling, 277

instinct of sportsmanship compared to, 270

invidious comparison transforms it into prowess, 291

instinct of workmanship (continued)

leisure class canon compared to, 259, 336

in peaceable stage, 94–96, 221

predatory traits, predation an expression of, 292

predilection for the rustic an outcome of, 137

prowess a variant, 291

slavery, slaves bridle, 93–94, 95

sports a means of satisfying, 260

status an expression of, 292

tested by emulation, 16, 33–34

waste counteracted by, 93, 98–99

institutions

a conservative factor, 191

current always wrong, 207

economic, defined, 193

economic pressures promote change, 195–196

evolution of, 188, 190–191, 192–193

habits of thought equated to, 190, 191, 213

products of remote past, 191

scheme of life equated to, 191

solidarity of, 203

types, 208

See also economic institutions

invidious comparison

acquisition its basis, 208

from communal to individual, 27

defined, 34, 239

general tendency away from, 361

instinct of workmanship transformed into prowess by, 291

pecuniary vs. other criteria, 96–97

a pervading trait of human nature, 109

standards of reputability depend on usefulness to, 105

subsidiary impulses of anthropomorphic cults incongruous with, 334

See also emulation; non-invidious comparison

J

Japan

Ainu of Yezo (Hokkaido), 6

feudal, 1

K

Kelmscott Press, 162, 163

kindergarten, 389–390

king, French, death from abstention from labour, 43