Status Anxiety - Wikipedia

Status Anxiety is a nonfiction book by Alain de Botton. It was first published in 2004 by Hamish Hamilton; subsequent publications have been by Penguin ... StatusAnxiety FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2004bookbyAlaindeBotton Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "StatusAnxiety" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(October2021)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) StatusAnxietyAuthorAlaindeBottonSubjectPhilosophy,psychology,sociologyPublisherHamishHamilton,PenguinBooksPublicationdate2004ISBN0-375-42083-5 StatusAnxietyisanonfictionbookbyAlaindeBotton.Itwasfirstpublishedin2004byHamishHamilton;subsequentpublicationshavebeenbyPenguinBooks. Contents 1Centralthesis 2Film 3Seealso 4References 5Externallinks Centralthesis[edit] StatusAnxietyisa21st-centuryphenomenonwhichisaresultofcapitalism,democracy,andanostensiblyegalitariansociety,andisprevalentincountrieswhereaninequalityinincomeisevident.StatusAnxietycanbedefinedastheconstanttensionorfearofbeingperceivedas"unsuccessful"bythesocietyinmaterialisticterms.Today,everyindividualconstantlytriestooutsmarttheotherstoclimbupthesocialladder.Theeffectsofstatusanxietycanbeimpulsebuying,statusconsumptionetc. Meritocracyisaprimarycauseofstatusanxiety.Meritocracyisasocietythatbelievesthatonlythetalentedandthemeritoriouswillendupatthetopofthesocialladder.Snobbery,envy,lovelessnessaresomeothercausesofstatusanxiety.[1] DeBottonfirstnoticedthisphenomenonamongthewealthyfamiliesofAmerica.TheAmericanshadalavishlifestyleandmostofitwasjusttomakethe"neighbours"envious.Americahadalsowitnessedthetrendof"Famousforbeingfamous".BottonevenmettheAmericanmotivationalspeakerLesBrowntoknowhowmotivationalspeakingworks.Heconcludedthatmotivationalspeakersconductedtheirspeechestoinducestatusanxietyamongindividuals.Motivationalspeakingisbasedonthefactthat"Nooneislivinguptotheirtruepotentialandeveryonehasscopeforimprovement".DeBottonchallengedthisandasked"Whataboutthosewhowanttoachievebutlacktheopportunitiestodoso?"[2] DeBottonlaysoutthecausesofandsolutionstostatusanxietyasfollows: Causes: Lovelessness Expectation Meritocracy Snobbery Dependence Solutions: Philosophy Art Politics Religion Bohemianism Film[edit] Atwo-hourdocumentaryfilmaboutthisthesis,alsocalledStatusAnxietyandwrittenbyAlaindeBotton,wasreleasedin2004.Aversionofitwasshownin2008onPublicBroadcastingServicechannelslikeBostonWGBH-TV'sdigitalchannelWGBX-TVintheUnitedStates. Seealso[edit] Socialstatus Affluenza Feelingsofinsignificance References[edit] ^"Review:StatusAnxietybyAlaindeBotton".theGuardian.27March2004. ^GuardianStaff(8March2004)."Thedigestedread:StatusAnxietybyAlaindeBotton".theGuardian. Externallinks[edit] StatusAnxiety-AlaindeBottonwebsite Thisarticleaboutasociology-relatedbookisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Status_Anxiety&oldid=1054938451" Categories:Sociologybooks2004non-fictionbooksHamishHamiltonbooksBooksbyAlaindeBottonNon-fictionbooksadaptedintofilmsSocialstatusAnxietySociologybookstubsHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromOctober2021AllarticlesneedingadditionalreferencesAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages فارسی中文 Editlinks