Status anxiety
"We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer ... from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions."--Back cover
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- Full title :Status anxiety / Alain de Botton.
Summary
"We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer ... from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions."--Back cover
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- Publication Date:©2004
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:314 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780141014869, 0141014865
- oclc:on1052123583
- Dewey Decimal:305
Table of Contents
Causes. Lovelessness ; Snobbery ; Expectation ; Meritocracy ; Dependence -- Solutions. Philosophy ; Art ; Politics ; Christianity ; Bohemia.
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