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The cultural animal : human nature, meaning, and social life / Roy F. Baumeister.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumeister, Roy F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology.
- Social psychology.
- Culture--Psychological aspects.
- Culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 450 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 enable people to create and sustain culture.
- Contents:
- Beasts for culture
- The human psyche at work
- What people want
- How people think
- How and why emotions happen
- How people act and react
- How people interact
- Epilog.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-440) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60256-809-X
- 1-280-53407-9
- 1-4237-2078-4
- 0-19-972739-2
- OCLC:
- 171573131
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