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Title: The Mass Psychology of Fascism : Third Edition by Wilhelm Reich, Vincent Carfagno, Vincent Carfango ISBN: 0-374-50884-4 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Reich beyond Reich
Comment: I first read this book in 1947. It had been recommended to me by a maverick sociologist. Fascinated from the first page on, I carried it with me on trolley cars, in subways and to class until finishing it. I was awestruck. Bridging the gap, and the seeming contradictions, between Freud and Marx, I could see Reich going beyond either. The book set me on a path that I've pursued for over 50 years, through sociobiology, shamanism, alchemy, medicine and martial arts. Reich's biographer entitles his book "Fury on Earth." For me,"Mass Psychology of Fascism" was a first step into that fury.
Rating: 3
Summary: find its current application
Comment: This book, in its third edition, is Reich's attempt to account for the failure of Marxism to spot and deal with the evolution of nationalistic Fascism that tore the world apart for 12 years or so. In doing so, he redefines the Marxist proletariat man, an entity modified by the industrial revolution into the democratic working man.
The main difficulty with the book is its poor translation into English. The translator keeps German syntax and as a result it cannot really be read as English. The introduction, however, is fairly lucid and expresses in precis most of the gist of the book.
Reich asserts a big truth here when he says that every man has a fascist inside begging to be set free. Economic and social crises bring these impulses to the fore; all it takes is a demagogue who can ignite our ubiquitous, paternalistic and authoritarian impulses to murder into a mass movement. Re-read GW Bush's state of the union message for clues as to where his cadre is leading us.
Rating: 5
Summary: A superb book for anyone interested in Reich
Comment: Wilhelm Reich was many things in his lifetime- a student of Freud, a political activist, a research scientist, and an inventor. His work was decades ahead of its time and is finally being rediscovered and reevaluated by the public. If, like me, you are interested in Reich and his work, you might want to check out a novel called We All Fall Down, by Brian Caldwell. it draws heavily on Reich's theories, particularly Listen Little Man and The Mass Psychology Of Facism. It's a great introduction to Reich's work and the entire novel draws heavily on his theory. It's very interesting watching an author explore his theories in a fictional setting. Well worth reading.
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Title: Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich, William Steig, Ralph Manheim ISBN: 0374504016 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1974 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Character Analysis : Third, Enlarged Edition by Wilhelm Reich, Vincent Carfagno ISBN: 0374509808 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Function of the Orgasm : Discovery of the Orgone by Wilhelm Reich, Vincent R. Carfagno ISBN: 0374502048 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1986 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Bioelectrical Investigation of Sexuality and Anxiety by Wilhelm Reich, Marion Faber, Derek Jordan ISBN: 0374517282 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1983 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Ether, God & Devil & Cosmic Superimposition by Wilhelm Reich, Therese Pol ISBN: 0374509913 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1972 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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