The Discovery of the Orgone: The Function of the Orgasm

Reich, Wilhelm; Trans. Theodore P. Wolfe

ISBN 10: 0374502048 / ISBN 13: 9780374502041

Published by Noonday Press / Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 1942

About this Item

Softcover in black & white wraps, no markings, NOT ex-lib, no spine or cover creases, 1968 4th printing, binding tight pages bright, minor shelf rub & edge wear, else Fine; 8vo; (xxxii) 368pp indexed.

Seller Inventory # 33539

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Discovery of the Orgone: The Function of the Orgasm
• Publisher: Noonday Press / Farrar Strauss & Giroux
• Publication Date: 1942
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374502048
• ISBN 13: 9780374502041
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sexuality / Erotica
  • Metaphysics / Occult
  • Psychology

About this title

Synopsis

This book describes Reich's medical and scientific work onthe living organism from his first efforts at the Medical School of the University of Vienna in 1919 to the laboratory experiments in Oslo in 1939 which revealed the existence of a radiating biological energy, orgone energy.

The subject of "sexuality" is basic to this work, and Reich shows clearly its importance for human life and its relevance in understanding the social problems of our time.

About the Authors

Wilhelm Reich, a native of Austria, was born in 1897. His many works include Listen, Little Man!, Character Analysis, and The Mass Psychology of Fascism. He died in 1957.

Vincent R. Carfagno translated Wilhelm Reich's The Function of the Orgasm for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.