{"product_id":"status-anxiety-alain-de-botton-9780375725357","title":"Status Anxiety","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain de Botton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375725350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375725357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 120","brand":"Alain de Botton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044293013759,"sku":"9780375725357","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69d25b9f-41f5-4e26-9bf3-b87dd521f9c0.jpg?v=1684972012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/status-anxiety-alain-de-botton-9780375725357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}