Explores how status competition drives human psychology, politics, morality, and conflicts across cultures and history.
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Explores how status competition drives human psychology, politics, morality, and conflicts across cultures and history.
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'Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas ... The Status Game might be his best yet' James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times What drives our political and moral beliefs? What shapes our bitterest conflicts and wildest dreams? What makes you, you? Across the world, from Papua New Guinea to Tokyo and Manhattan, humans compete for status. Through games of dominance, virtue and success, it's an obsession that has driven the best and worst of us: the Renaissance and the Industrial Revo...
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Violence & gore
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Discusses spree killers and tyrants as status-driven examples
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Political content
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Central analysis of political, moral beliefs and cultural conflicts
Self-harm / suicide
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References spree killers in status context
Abuse & suffering
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Examines tyrants, conflicts and systemic human suffering
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