Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton

This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what others think of us; about whether we're judged a ... AlaindeBotton Skiptocontent Extract Watch Listen Reviews TimesPicayuna AtlanticMonthly BostonPhoenix SeattleTimes NZListener SanFranciscoChronicle BostonGlobe Globe&Mail Oregonian SydneyMorningHerald TLS IrishTimes Australian KirkusReviews Esquire Spectator TimeOutLondon NewStatesman DailyExpress DailyMail Times Observer Telegraph Buyfrom Amazon.co.ukAmazon.comBookdepository.comAmazon.caAmazon.de StatusAnxiety Thisisabookaboutanalmostuniversalanxietythatrarelygetsmentioneddirectly:ananxietyaboutwhatothersthinkofus;aboutwhetherwe’rejudgedasuccessorafailure,awinneroraloser.Thisisabookaboutstatusanxiety. Wecareaboutourstatusforasimplereason:becausemostpeopletendtobenicetousaccordingtotheamountofstatuswehave(itisnocoincidencethatthefirstquestionwetendtobeaskedbynewacquaintancesis‘Whatdoyoudo?’).Withthehelpofphilosophers,artistsandwriters,thebookexaminestheoriginsofstatusanxiety(rangingfromtheconsequencesoftheFrenchRevolutiontooursecretdismayatthesuccessofourfriends),beforerevealingingeniouswaysinwhichpeoplehavelearnttoovercometheirworriesintheirsearchforhappiness.Itaimsnotonlytobeentertaining,butwiseandhelpfulaswell. Commentsareclosed. Allbooks About Books Otherventures JoinAlain’snewslettermailinglist YoucanreadthefullPrivacyPolicyhere Leavethisfieldemptyifyou'rehuman: PrivacyPolicy|©2018