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Jean Liedloff

Born

in Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, The United States

November 26, 1926

Died

March 15, 2011

Website

http://www.continuum-concept.org/home.html

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Jean Liedloff was an American author, born in New York, and best known for her 1975 book The Continuum Concept. She is the aunt of writer Janet Hobhouse, and is represented by the character Constance in Hobhouse's book "The Furies."

Born in New York City in 1926, as a teenager she attended the Drew Seminary for Young Women and began studying at Cornell University, but began her expeditions before she could graduate.

During a diamond-hunting expedition to Venezuela, she came into contact with an indigenous people named the Yequana. Over time she became fascinated with the Yequana, and made a decision to return to Venezuela to live with them. She wrote her book The Continuum Concept to describe her new understanding of how we have lost much of ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 3,488 ratings · 359 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost 4.01 avg rating — 3,488 ratings — published 1975 — 11 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
	Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Glück: Gegen die Zerstörung unserer Glücksfähigkeit in der frühen Kindheit by Jean Liedloff, Eva Schlottmann (translator), Rainer Taëni (translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Il concetto del continuum. Ritrovare il ben-essere perduto 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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	The continuum concept : allowing human nature to work Successfully 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Continuum Concept 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 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
	Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Gl??ck. Geschenkausgabe 2005: Gegen die Zerst??rung unserer Gl??cksf??higkeit in der fr??hen Kindheit by Jean Liedloff (2005-09-06) by Jean Liedloff, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“A baby's cry is precisely as serious as it sounds.”
― Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost

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“Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.”
― Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost

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“Children need to see that they are assumed to be well-intentioned, naturally social people who are trying to do the right thing and who want reliable reactions from their elders to guide them.”
― Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost

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