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"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 success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety." "Alain de Botton, asks - with lucidity and charm - where worries about our status come from and what if anything we can do to surmount them. With the help of philosophers, artists and writers, he examines the origins of status anxiety - ranging from the consequences of the French Revolution to our secret dismay at the success of our friends - before revealing ingenious ways in which people have learnt to overcome their worries in their search for happiness. We learn about sandal-less philosophers and topless bohemians, about the benefits of putting skulls on our sideboards and of looking at ruins." The result is a book that isn't just highly entertaining and thought-provoking, but genuinely wise and helpful as well.
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Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2004
- Reliure
- (souple),
- État du livre
- Abîmé
- Prix
- 5,59 €
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- Titre
- Status Anxiety
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Alain de Botton
- Éditeur
- Penguin Putnam~trade
- Publié
- 2004
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0241142393
- ISBN13
- 9780241142394
- Séries
- Catégories
- Évaluation
- 3,9 sur 5
- Description
- "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 success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety." "Alain de Botton, asks - with lucidity and charm - where worries about our status come from and what if anything we can do to surmount them. With the help of philosophers, artists and writers, he examines the origins of status anxiety - ranging from the consequences of the French Revolution to our secret dismay at the success of our friends - before revealing ingenious ways in which people have learnt to overcome their worries in their search for happiness. We learn about sandal-less philosophers and topless bohemians, about the benefits of putting skulls on our sideboards and of looking at ruins." The result is a book that isn't just highly entertaining and thought-provoking, but genuinely wise and helpful as well.