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Authority

In any group or community there seems to be a person of authority. There are always persons that for some reasons or another (either legitimately or falsely) acquired a position of higher status in relation to their peers. De facto,...

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January 26, 2006 02:47 AM Comments (0)

Liberty as Status

Can freedom be seen as a sign of social status? It is interesting to debate whether such can be the case. Philosophers have argued that freedom is being part of a community. Also interesting to note that the concept of...

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January 26, 2006 02:22 AM Comments (2)

Social Status

I ordered the book "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Botton. Unfortunately, it has not yet arrived and I did not get a chance to start reading it. However, Status Anxiety discusses a topic that everyone is confronted with, or as...

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January 20, 2006 02:41 PM Comments (0)