Even ascetic withdrawal from society yields status to the detached

Evidence

There is also great esteem for dedicated and disciplined individuals who devote themselves to rectitude, salvation, and harmony with the universe. Beatitude begets glory, and glory begets status. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 297

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: No one can opt out of making status claims, since absences signal too — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 203; An individual’s exclusion from society enables their social participation — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 178; Escaping society through withdrawal itself creates higher status — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 297

Broader Connections

• An individual’s exclusion from society enables their social participation #corroborates (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 178