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The Human Animal (book)

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The Human Animal is a 1954 book by the anthropologist Weston La Barre, in which the author discusses the psychoanalytical approach to psychology and culture. The classicist Norman O. Brown described the book as the most significant attempt at creating a "general theory of language" through a synthesis of psychoanalysis with other disciplines.[1]

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The Human Animal
Cover of the first edition
AuthorWeston La Barre
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsPsychology, culture
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Publication date1954
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages371
ISBN0226467066
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