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The function of the orgasm : sex-economic problems of biological energy

Author
Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957.
Preferred Title
Funktion des Orgasmus
Title
The function of the orgasm : sex-economic problems of biological energy / Newly translated from the German by Vincent R. Carfagno.
Format
Book
Published
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1973]
Description
400 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.
Series
Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957. Die Entdeckung des Orgons ; v. 1.
Notes
Translation of Die Funktion des Orgasmus. Includes bibliographical references. Paperback.
Contents
  • Biology and sexology before Freud
  • Peer gynt
  • Gaps in psychology and in the theory of sex
  • The development of the orgasm theory
  • The development of the character-analytic technique
  • An abortive biological revolution
  • The breakthrough into the biological realm
  • The orgasm reflex and the technique of character-analytic vegetotherapy
  • From psychoanalysis to biogenesis.
Kinsey subjects
Orgasm.

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
116 R34 f6E 1973a
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute