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A review by maxstone98
Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
3.0
First section, on definition of and causes of status anxiety, was quite interesting and was worth 4 stars. The second section (65% of the book) and the alternatives or antidotes (philosophy, art, religion, politics, and Bohemia) was less so. Would have been a great 30 page essay.
Also felt a little foreign, but I think that is part of the point, how ingrained and natural the present system feels, even though quite different systems and values have been dominant in other times and places.
Also felt a little foreign, but I think that is part of the point, how ingrained and natural the present system feels, even though quite different systems and values have been dominant in other times and places.