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What Is Social Status?

by ossicones on 2/3/24, 6:53 PM with 1 comments

  • by 082349872349872 on 2/3/24, 7:55 PM

    Seen this way, The Glass Bead Game (1943) explores the difference between status and power.

    (what about counter-signalling? Does sprezzatura, besides having the playful component of status-building, also imply that one already has enough power to not swot?)