About this title: Reich's classic work on the development and treatment of human character disorders, first published in 1933.As a young clinician in the 1920s, Wihelm Reich expanded psychoanalytic resistance into the more inclusive technique of character analysis, in which the sum total of typical character attitudes developed by an individual as a blocking against emotional excitations became the object of treatment. These encrusted attitudes functioned as an "armor," which Reich later found to exist simultaneously in chronic muscular spasms. Thus mind and body came together and character analysis opened the ...
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Edition: Third Edition (Revised)
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, highlighting and underlining to the text, owner's inscription on the ffep, pages, paperlift to the lower front corner of the cover, corner crease rear cover, and other moderate to heavy shopwear. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
Description: Good. 0374509808 Different Cover. 1972 Touchstone version of 3rd enlarged edition. First Printing as per complete number string. Binding square and tight, with spine creasing. Pages clean and unmarked w/ moderate age-tanning. Stamp on bottom page block. Moderate Shelf/edge wear. Ships Immediately from CA. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1972).
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
Description: -Octavo, softcover bound in decorative white, green & blue wraps. The binding is slightly bumped & there is foxing & staining to the spine & the edges of the wraps. xxvii & 545 pages. The top edge & fore-edge are lightly foxed, else the contents are very good. A Noonday Press paperback. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780374509804. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York: Farrer Strauss Giroux, 1990
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
Description: Trade Paperback. Reprint (1933). Translated from the German by Vincent R. Carfagno. 545pp. index. As new with no marks. A vg+ to near fine copy. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing. Translated by Vincent R. Carfagno. Library ink stamp ffep. Marker number fep. Underlining. Binding good. read more
Edition: Stated 1st Printing.
Binding: Trade Paperback in color illus wraps.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1945. 1972
Description: Near VeryGood unmarked. This edition includes all the previous published material as well as a new section expounding the author's laert discoveries. Solid clean copy. Noonday 421. 5-1/4 x 8, 545 pp, index. read more
Edition: Third
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1980-11-01
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
Description: Very Good. Paperback copy of the 3rd, enlarged edition in very good condition. Minor shelfwear to cover wraps. Spine is uncreased, binding and text also in very good condition. read more
Edition: 3rd U. S. Edition / 3rd Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780374509804ISBN:0374509808
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. 0374509808 3rd U. S. Edition / 3rd Printing. Good to very good, slight darkening to spine. 13.5 x 20.5cm. soft cover. 545pp. B2182. read more
Description: New. Reich's classic work on the development and treatment of human character disorders, first published in 1933. As a young clinician in the 1920s, Wihelm Reich expanded psychoanalytic resistance into the more inclusive technique of character analysis, in... read more
Edition: 3rd Edition / 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orgone Institute Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good in Good jacket. 3rd Edition / 1st Printing. Good in good dust jacket. Book: very short tear at top of spine. Jacket: slight darkening to spine & edges of rear panel, light wear along top edge, 1/2 inch tear at bottom right corner of front panel. 16 x 24cm. hard cover. 516pp. B2292B. read more
"Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Charles Bukowski, Ernest Hemingway, William Burroughs...they all leave me with a feeling of emptiness. Don't get me wrong, I think they are all brilliant, and I enjoy them all (with the exception of Led Zeppelin). However, I can only take them in small doses. Why is that? I've come to the conclusion that they, among others, are masculine-centered. There is nothing wrong with masculinity or delving into your gender experience, but it does end up being one-sided. I would feel the same way about a book that excluded the male experience, as well. It leaves me with the feeling that something's missing and makes me sad. I don't think this should deter people from experiencing their art, though. It is one aspect of the rich human experience. You just have to be in the right frame of mind for it.
Reading Wilhelm Reich's Character Analysis left me with a similar impression. He was brilliant. Wilhelm Reich was one of the first western scientists to contribute to the study of mind-body medicine. His methods and insights are thought-provoking. I hadn't read a book this wonderfully challenging for a long time. There were vast sections, however, where I yearned to hear how his theories apply to me, as a woman. There is only so much penis talk you can take!
Although I wished for more coverage of women's struggles, I kept reading. I kept reading, because it was strongly evident that Wilhelm Reich was on a quest to heal all people. He says, "Accordingly, the fear of orgastic contact constitutes the core of the fear of genuine, direct psychic contact with persons and with the processes of reality." Reich wanted people to connect with and release their armor that no longer serves them. He wanted us to connect genuinely with each other. "Contemporary society, with its sex-negating morality and economic incompetence to guarantee the masses of its members even a bare existence, is as far removed from the recognition of such possibilities as it is from their practical application." He was fighting against the malaise that continues to inflict the people of our world.
Like I said, this book was a challenging read. I think it was written for the professional psychoanalytic audience. While it's not necessarily intended for the layperson, if one has an interest in getting to the root of their motivations and repressions, and a wish to experience full vitality, this makes an enlightening read. Wilhelm Reich was calling us to fight, too, to fight for our lives."
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