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Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety
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This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what other think of us; about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. — Alain de Botton, bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy and The Art of Travel, asks - with luci... more »
Author:
This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what other think of us; about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. — Alain de Botton, bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy and The Art of Travel, asks - with luci... more »
ISBN-13: 9780241142394
ISBN-10: 0241142393
Pages: 303
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ISBN-10: 0241142393
Pages: 303
Rating: ?
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Publisher: Penguin Group
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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Fascinating. A little too close to home!
Interesting sociological analysis about the roots and manifestations of status anxiety. Should be dry considering the subject matter but de Botton writes in a colloquial, humorous fashion. Easy to read as the work is divided up into numbered sections with their own headings.
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