In Status Anxiety, bestselling author Alain de Botton sets out to understand our
universal fear of failure - and how we might change. We all worry about what ot
hers 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 sta
tus 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. H
e looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics - and reveals the ma
ny ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries.
