The Function of the Orgasm: Sex-Economic Problems of Biological Energy (The Discovery of the Orgone, Vol. 1)

Reich, Wilhelm

ISBN 10: 0374502048 / ISBN 13: 9780374502041

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973

About this Item

11th printing, 1971. Covers and book edges are soiled, binding sound, front endpage has a name written in ink at the top, else pages clean, lightly age-toned.

Seller Inventory # 251228002

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Function of the Orgasm: Sex-Economic Problems of Biological Energy (The Discovery of the Orgone, Vol. 1)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374502048
• ISBN 13: 9780374502041
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 16 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • 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.