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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

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March 28, 1941

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He has written several books books critical of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and psychiatry as well as books on animals, their emotions and their rights.

He currently lives in New Zealand with his wife, two sons, three cats and three rats.

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Humans and Gorillas: The Harambe Tragedy.

Harambe, a 17-year-old male Western lowland gorilla (an endangered species with only about 175,000 left in the world), was shot to death on May 28 when a 3 year old boy fell 12 feet (seemingly without injury as he was seen then splashing in the water) into the moat surrounding the Gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, after he refused to relinquish the boy (protecting him? – he seemed to hold

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	When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Susan McCarthy 4.02 avg rating — 5,028 ratings — published 1994 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Jared Taylor Williams (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published 1991 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals 4.03 avg rating — 1,154 ratings — published 2003 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food 3.85 avg rating — 1,139 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey into the Feline Heart 3.68 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory 3.99 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1984 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil 3.48 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our Hearts for Thousands of Years 3.44 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Against Therapy by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Dorothy Rowe (Foreward) 3.84 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Companions: Reflections on the Death of Pets 3.17 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2020 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Perhaps one central reason for loving dogs is that they take us away from this obsession with ourselves. When our thoughts start to go in circles, and we seem unable to break away, wondering what horrible event the future holds for us, the dog opens a window into the delight of the moment.”
― Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs

tags: dogs, love

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“We need cats to need us. It unnerves us that they do not. However, if they do not need us, they nonetheless seem to love us.”
― Jeffery Masson

tags: cats, humans, jeffery, masson

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“Questers of the truth, that’s who dogs are; seekers after the invisible scent of another being’s authentic core.”
― Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

tags: animals, dogs, seekers, truth

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