# Status Anxiety

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- Book: [Status Anxiety](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton/status-anxiety) ([Status Anxiety.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton/status-anxiety.md))
- Authors: [Alain de Botton](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4193-024-4
- Published: 2005-01-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

We 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. 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. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a book that is not only entertaining and thought-provoking - but genuinely wise and helpful as well.