Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton (Paperback, 2005)

Penguin Books Ltd

Status AnxietyAuthor(s): Alain de Botton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Penguin Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780141014869, 978-0141014869\nSynopsis\nTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER\n\nFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - Alain de Botton sets out to understand our universal fear of failure - and how we might change it\n\n'De Botton's gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things' The Times \n\nWe all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. \n\nAlain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics - and reveals tl