论《新装》中女主人公梅布尔矛盾的双重性格

《新装》是英国著名意识流小说家弗吉尼亚.伍尔夫的短篇小说之一,小说刻划了女主人公梅布尔矛盾的双重性格特征：既爱慕虚荣又渴望诚实,既自卑绝望又充满希望,既羡慕嫉妒又厌恶憎恨,既懦弱多变又勇敢坚强,既追求个性又迷失自我。从她矛盾的双重性格特征中可以看出人的本性及弱点。     

Relationships among consumer vanity,gender, brand sensitivity,brand consciousness and private self‐consciousness

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among consumer vanity, gender, brand sensitivity, brand consciousness and private self‐consciousness within a context of social comparison theory. The four dimensions of consumer vanity are concern for and positive view of physical appearance and concern for and positive view of achievement. Participants were 400 college students (284 women; 116 men). Participants above the median in three of the four dimensions of vanity (except vanity achievement view) were more sensitive to and more conscious of brand names. Participants above (vs. below) the median in vanity achievement view scored higher on private self‐consciousness. Women scored higher on brand sensitivity, brand consciousness and private self‐consciousness than men. There was a significant correlation between brand sensitivity and brand consciousness. Results support the notion that consumers’ decisions, especially regarding brand names, may be guided by vanity‐related concerns and views.     

柯韦什的"虚荣心"与人的尊严--读凯尔泰斯小说《无命运的人生》

在纳粹集中营里，一个囚犯有没有维护自己尊严的可能？这是凯尔泰斯在小说《无命运的人生》中想回答的一个问题。作者通过对主人公柯韦什的“虚荣心”，及由此产生的一系列行为和心理活动的分析和描述，向我们表明：尽管在集中营过着非人的生活，忍受着极大的屈辱，主人公并未因此而放弃人的尊严。他一直在自觉不自觉地，用或明显或隐蔽的方式，来反抗野蛮暴力对人的尊严的取缔。     

Bernard Mandeville's vision of the social utility of pride and greed

Abstract

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, pride and greed were hailed for their capacity to tame man's unruly passions and induce cooperation. Both narratives concur in the work of Mandeville. How, and to what extent, does the Mandevillean alliance of pride and greed account for social cooperation? Seeking to gratify his pride in a socially acceptable manner by accumulating wealth, man unintentionally creates the conditions that promote cooperation. Nevertheless, society remains the scene of conflicting forces. Social cooperation is unstable in being sought for reasons of gain in the zero-sum struggle for distinction.     

Duality In Catherine' s Personality In Wuthering Heights

The heroine Catherine's personality is filled with contradictions in Wuthering Heights.On the one hand,she represents a girl of simple nature and free mind without any worldly sophistication.On the other hand,she is worldly in her personality,which is manifested by her vanity she desires for fame and wealth.     

Can Sentiment Toward Advertising Explain Materialism and Vanity in the Globalization Era? Evidence From Dubai

ABSTRACT

This report presents the first study to address sentiment toward advertising, materialism, and vanity in the globalized city of Dubai. A conceptual model is developed and subsequent hypotheses are tested via structural equation modeling. The main research findings suggest that consumers in Dubai exhibit positive perceptions of advertising as well as higher levels of materialism and vanity. Sentiment toward advertising is found to positively influence materialism levels, while materialism strongly influences views, concern for physical appearance, and personal achievement. Sentiment toward advertising, however, has no direct effect on any vanity trait, suggesting that vanity is more an internal personal trait.     

Duality In Catherine＇s Personality In Wuthering Heights

The heroine Catherine＇s personality is filled with contradictions in Wuthering Heights. On the one hand, she represents a girl of simple nature and free mind without any worldly sophistication. On the other hand, she is worldly in her personality, which is manifested by her vanity she desires for fame and wealth.     

柯韦什的"虚荣心"与人的尊严——读凯尔泰斯小说《无命运的人生》

在纳粹集中营里,一个囚犯有没有维护自己尊严的可能?这是凯尔泰斯在小说《无命运的人生》中想回答的一个问题。作者通过对主人公柯韦什的"虚荣心",及由此产生的一系列行为和心理活动的分析和描述,向我们表明:尽管在集中营过着非人的生活,忍受着极大的屈辱,主人公并未因此而放弃人的尊严。他一直在自觉不自觉地,用或明显或隐蔽的方式,来反抗野蛮暴力对人的尊严的取缔。     

Economies in transition and in development: A possible warning from Adam Smith

Abstract

If Adam Smith were asked about transitioning and developing economies today, one may infer, he might suggest introducing small, yet constant, opportunities for wealth accumulation, avoiding the sudden accumulation of riches. Good institutions and the moral rules often needed to comply with them are more likely to be disregarded if there are large, sudden material gains, such as new wealth generated by the sudden opening of markets or government granting monopolies. For Smith, the desire to show off in front of others can inhibit moral behaviour and respect for good institutions, generating perverse incentives that hinder growth. Gradual change is to be preferred.     

Mimicry and modernity in the Middle East: fashion invisibility and young women of the Arab Gulf

Prior consumer research has addressed the encounter between global brands and styles versus local cultures through the concepts of glocal hybridity, post-assimilationist resistance, and the de-stigmatization of local practices in the face of competition from global consumer culture. Based on fieldwork with college women in the Arab Gulf states we detect two other practices involving highly conspicuous consumption that act to create a space for identity that lies between Western modernity and Islamic conservatism. The first is layering in which outer garments act as a “cloak of invisibility” for luxurious Western wear beneath. The second is “mimetic excess” that responds to envy of Western consumption, provokes local envy, and participates in “modern” consumption at the same time that it encompasses these practices within a covering of religious and national virtue. The key contribution of this study consists of identifying these new strategies of reconciling two opposing hegemonic fashion discourses to which privileged Muslim minorities in their own wealthy countries are subjected.