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Sigmund Freud’s 1913 publication, "Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Comparison Between Primitive Cultures and Neurotics", is an interdisciplinary study at the intersection of anthropology, psychoanalysis and the psychology of religion. In this book, Freud analyzes the cultural and social structures of primitive societies through the lens of psychoanalytic theory. The work represents Freud’s effort to extend psychoanalytic theory beyond the individual to examine its impact on societies and culture