在美国 ,我们喜欢谎称阶级差异其实已经不复存在———或至少已经不再是前进的障碍。但是 ,我们是否很可能同时也低估了我们对获得地位的急切程度 ?当年法国人A .德·托克维尔曾经对我们灵魂中的这个问题进行诊断。他写道 ,对于地位的过分痴迷应归咎于一种“古怪的忧郁症 ,它时 In the United States, we like to lie about the fact that class differences no longer exist - or at least are no longer barriers to progress. But is it likely that we too may underestimate how anxious we are to gain status? The Frenchman A. de Tocqueville used to diagnose this problem in our souls. He writes that excessive obsession over status is due to a "weird depression, when it