{"product_id":"status-anxiety","title":"Status Anxiety","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eStatus Anxiety\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlain de Botton\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375725357\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There's no writer alive like de Botton\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), and now this internationally heralded author turns his attention to the insatiable human quest for status--a quest that has less to do with material comfort than love. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnyone who's ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor's Lexus had better read Alain de Botton's irresistibly clear-headed new book, immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents explores the notion that our pursuit of status is actually a pursuit of love, ranging through Western history and thought from St. Augustine to Andrew Carnegie and Machiavelli to Anthony Robbins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether it's assessing the class-consciousness of Christianity or the convulsions of consumer capitalism, dueling or home-furnishing, \u003ci\u003eStatus Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e is infallibly entertaining. And when it examines the virtues of informed misanthropy, art appreciation, or walking a lobster on a leash, it is not only wise but helpful.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Status Anxiety | Alain de Botton | Paperback | 9780375725357 | Used: Very Good | Self-Help 1675911","offer_id":48431876440216,"sku":"1675911","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Status Anxiety | Alain de Botton | Paperback | 9780375725357 | Used: Like New | Philosophy 1679675 (temp: 5)","offer_id":48913811570840,"sku":"1679675","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81O46OBRZaL.jpg?v=1773353092","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/status-anxiety","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}