Within each of us lies an animal—a guide to the unconscious, the source of our neuroses, fantasies, and obsessions. Philosopher Oksana Timofeeva carefully analyzes three clinical cases by Sigmund Freud and discovers, deep within the human psyche, an animalistic element that is repressed and tamed. A horse is beaten, a rat is poisoned, a wolf is trapped, a scapegoat is sacrificed—such is the mechanism of violence that permeates culture from its very origins to the present day. The heroes of this book are Little Hans, the Wolf Man, and the Rat Man, described by Freud, as well as Rodion Raskolnikov, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oedipus Rex, and characters from European fairy tales, Greek, and biblical myths. 'Boys, You Are Animals' is a bold reexamination of psychoanalytic theory and relevant philosophical prose, offering a new perspective on psychic reality.