A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do in a loss of appetite for work and perhaps even for leisure. David Riesman More Quotes by David Riesman More Quotes From David Riesman A spurious democracy has influenced both our research methods (I am sometimes tempted to define "validity" as part of the context of an experiment demanding so little in the way of esoteric gift that any number can play at it, provided they have taken a certain number of courses) and our research subjects (it would be deemed snobbish to investigate only the best people). David Riesman taken play numbers The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work. David Riesman artist work class One of the things people are fleeing when they leave the city is the need either to reject people who are less well educated than themselves, or to accept them with all that implies for their children's education and future placement in the society. David Riesman cities children people Social Science … led us to the fallacy that, since all men have their being in culture and as a result of culture, they owe a debt to that culture which even a lifetime of altruism could not repay. David Riesman debt men culture The modern suburb is the product of the car, the five-day week, and the "bankers' hours" of the masses. David Riesman week car bankers Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it? David Riesman hype taken men Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers. David Riesman consumers occupation today In preindustrial cultures leisure is scarcely a burden or a "problem" because it is built into the ritual and ground plan of life for which people are conditioned in childhood; often they possess a relatively timeless attitude toward events. David Riesman childhood attitude people There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community David Riesman community hero class It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise. David Riesman want class way Mass entertainment in America has been dominated for a long time by the mode of documentary realism. David Riesman documentaries long america
