The Cultural Animal

The Cultural Animal
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 466
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ISBN-10 : 9780199727391
ISBN-13 : 0199727392
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Book Synopsis The Cultural Animal by : Roy F. Baumeister

Download or read book The Cultural Animal written by Roy F. Baumeister and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-10 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a coherent explanation of human nature, which is to say how people think, act, and feel, what they want, and how they interact with each other. The central idea is that the human psyche was designed by evolution to `nable people to create and sustain culture.


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