His theories aren't particularly pleasant to hear either, basically saying that long years of subjugation have left almost all humans mentally and emotionally unable to rule themselves. This book has one foot set firmly on each side of that line. It is the basic emotional civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life.”—Wilhelm Reich. "the mother land" speaking directly to little boys love for their actual mothers). And yes, "work-democracy" is as bad as it sounds. The libido transmutes into anger at a visible authoritarian structure: The Royal Navy. 1946 The Noonday Press. Purchase. Here, in one place, is a narrative linking global terrorism with harsh authoritarian childhood training. The 17 page preface to the third edition, written in 1942, is all you really need to read. "Fascism on only the organized political expression of the structure of the average man's character. The German Communists told him that if they took over Germany they would kill him for it. As he puts it, 'fascist mentality is the mentality of the subjugated "little man" who craves authority and rebels against it at the same time'. What do you think it meant for his work, and for the work of the Frankfurt School in general, to make that transition from a country where Marxism wasn’t just an intellectual philosophy — it was a political ideology that was explicitly embraced by mass working-class parties, both the Social Democrats and the Communists — and then to make the shift to the United States, where you did have parties of … While this contradiction happens, or with the conflation of fucking with libido, it says, “join the Royal Navy!” This structure will allow you to orgasm. energy. When speaking on "Fascism" Reich seems to mean traditional authoritarian structures. But that part is not so crucial as the first, because, as you say, “I can fuck when I like!” It is how the second part made you believe the first was a non-possibility, or pointless. DIE FUNKTION DES ORGASMUS Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1927. How would an authoritarian structure, or any structure survive by a mere displacement of energy? In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small. ), The concluding remark of the first chapter: “Thus, the practical problem of mass psychology is to activate the passive majority of the population, which always helps political reaction to achieve victory, and to eliminate those inhibitions that run counter to the development of the will to freedom born of the socio-economic situation.”. ISBN: 0374508844 9780374508845: OCLC Number: 9659350: Notes: Translation of: Die Massenpsychologie des Faschismus. Reich starts from Marxian sociology and Freud psychoanalysis to come to a new instrument (sex economy) to explain the very root of fascism in our societies. A wonderful book. Psychoanalysts need… (Then you) join the Royal Navy! Isn't our very sexual need is to be with someon. The first one can fight; sham democracy is insidious.”, “Originally and naturally, sexual pleasure was the good, the beautiful, the happy, that which united man with nature in general. There's a great scene in this book where he describes how the parents of a teenage girl who had been raised agnostic one day found their child praying fervently. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. While Reich focused upon the authoritarian sex repressive attitudes of conservative Christian German family structure of the 1920s and 30s, the same functionality can be seen in the authoritarian control of fanatic Islamic childhood programming that results in attacks on women who seek education or attempt sexual freedom. (See pgs. "―Wilhelm Reich … I take issue with Reich's underlying assumption of the "inherent goodness" of sexually-satisfied man. If you can get past the psychoanalytic babble and weird sex talk (those almost always coincide), it's a great work that Deleuze eventually took over, with both considering a disturbing question: Is fascism a product of ignorance, or something the unconscious can manufacture desire for? The following is a succinct expression of Reich’s doctrine: First written in Germany in 1932 as Hitler was coming to power, then revised in the US in 1944, this is a classic study of the characteristics of fascist movement. is Fascism connected to our sexuality. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The Mass Psychology of Fascism Wilhelm Reich Limited preview - 1970. To begin with, Reich starts with the premise that Fascism is not limited to one specific place or time in history, i.e. That the lower class of workers experienced the material conditions that should have compelled them to revolution, (in Germany, for example, following the years of the Great Depression, 1929-1933) but did not, and in fact they and the middle class gave ideological support to the National Socialists, demonstrates that it was ideology, and not socio-economic position, that had the determining outcome: the rise of Fascism and Hitler. Fascism, he argues, does not spring exclusively either from the economic factors, or from the activities of political leaders. 344 pp, Orgone Institute Press, 1946. These are all open questions and I don't have an answer to any of this. November 1st 1980 His major indictments of sexually negative religious mysticism are IMO better articulated by Nietzsche (a thinker which he offhandedly condemns as some kind of nationalistic mystic à la Wagner... As if Nietzsche had any love for the German people). Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. This book could really use a reader’s guide for the modern reader. 72 reviews. After some investigation, they discovered that she'd started masturbating, had felt super-guilty and so fell to praying despite the fact that she hadn't been brought up in any faith. Reich does a great job of presenting very hard hitting criticisms of Fascist ideology and culture as well as Leninist Vanguardism. He was as weird as I expected. CHARAKTER-ANALYSE As Reich points out, when a hungry man steals something, “economic situation and ideology coincide with one another.” The question for mass psychology then becomes, why don’t more hungry people steal food than does occur? He critiques this form of authoritarianism through the Marxist/Freudian lens. edition (November 1, 1980). Welcome back. 26-27 for the discoveries of psychoanalysis). From this angle, one can see that Fascism is merely a radical expression of the dark elements of a preexisting social neurosis that has its roots in the development of patriarchy and the nation-state. I took my time, because it felt important to really sit with Reich's words and understand the importance of the message. By Wilhelm Reich Reviewed By Robert Gale Woolbert July 1947. He synthesizes Freudian Psychology and Marxism in a very refreshing and honest way. Critically, for Reich, to overlook the ideology of the masses, which was accepted by the vulgar Marxists as the “subjective factor,” still a component, is to overlook the contradiction present in the system, that, without resolution, will not bring about true revolution. The analysis and the approach are still far ahead of our mainstream contemporary social and political thought, though it was written 70 years ago. Reich is considering what the vulgar Marxists never did: how ideology becomes a material force. Universality of Fascist psychology. Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2007. And especially with the family we feel with other living beings. Buy MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FASCISM New Ed by REICH, WILHELM (ISBN: 9780285647015) from Amazon's Book Store. Please try again. Isn't it better to join than be apart? While I'm not sure I buy (or even fully understand) his theories of sex economics (the orgasmotrom and orgone theories - and its related accumulator don't appear in this book particularly), his analysis of not only the rise of fascism, but authoritarian regimes in general are fascinating: he pays particular attention. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Otherwise, his point that the authoritarian structure of the family and religion contribute mightily to fascism seems incontrovertible. There have been attempts to understand and explain the psychology of fascism, starting with the early work of Wilhelm Reich inThe Mass Psychology of Fascism. Description: xxxi, 400 pages ; 20 cm In this classic study, Reich repudiates the concept that fascism is the ideology or action of a single individual or nationality, or of any ethnic or political group. So, Reich’s goal in this book is to combine the “purely economic and sex-economic” conditions into a sociological framework, which had never been done before. The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Analgesin, released 03 June 2020 1. It could perhaps still organize that displacement as a virus, but how could it exist by just this displacement? In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in … 4. Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016. (This is an old review that I wrote in 2002 and thought that I had copied here, but hadn't. The need to belong to some social group. The first part, “Travel to foreign countries” would be passive on its own, even with the display of exotic women on the poster, for it requires the second part, “– join the Royal Navy!” to make the first part possible. The rest of the book is unnecessarily detailed and diffuse. The entire sentence presupposes a weighty “No” in the beginning (before the dash), assuming most people didn't travel to foreign countries at the time, as if to say, “Why is this even crossing my mind now?” This first part perfectly encapsulates the repressed libido, it is something that doesn’t even cross their mind. To begin with, Reich starts with the premise that Fascism is not limited to one specific place or time in history, i.e. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Reich's theory of the "orgone" is rather silly. Hitler's reflections on syphilitics echo Weininger's sobbing over prostitutes. Jewish Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. "Fascism on only the organized political expression of the structure of the average man's character. In Reich's mind, the answer to the ills of 'authoritarianism' is his own form of authoritarianism called "Work-Democracy" Where technocrats. good for the synthesis of Marx and Freud, a simpler predecessor to Deleuze & Guattari. Reich confronts the thorny problem of why so many people working people in the turbulent opening decades of the 20th century sided with the elite interests that were oppressing them against people from their own social and economic background in the intense class struggles of that epoch. Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2017. We’d love your help. It was among the books he had on his shelves when he lived with us in his final years, and after he passed I decided to pick it up and give it a read. Such a structure would have no force circulating through it, it would merely be a dead weight pressing down upon its inhabitant. This section contains a number of good summaries of the essential insights and concepts that make Mass Psychology of Fascism, I think, a brilliant book. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Why did they do that? While I'm not sure I buy (or even fully understand) his theories of sex economics (the orgasmotrom and orgone theories - and its related accumulator don't appear in this book particularly), his analysis of not only the rise of fascism, but authoritarian regimes in general are fascinating: he pays particular attention to Stalinism alongside the Nazis. Does it begin by a siphoning away of the child’s sexual energy? It is the basic emotional civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life. In the first English-language edition of The Mass Psychology of Fas­ cism, which appeared in 1946, Reich stated that his sex-economic theory, applied to the study of fascism, had "stood the test of time." Writing in 1933, during the rise of Hitler, he predicts the failure of the Left to engage the working class - without a total transformation in their organizing strategy. He made me think about some things in totally new ways which was fun. This edition was published in 1970 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in New York. In fact I wonder if Fascism is somewhat in our DNA. I often think the family trait, the love of animals, and a sense of order is somehow tied in to Fascism. One of the best, and likely most important books I have ever read. Isn't our very sexual need is to be with someone? 152 pp. Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012. The outstanding work of social and psychological interpretation in the 20th century. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. The Mass Psychology of Fascism: Third Edition - Kindle edition by Reich, Wilhelm, Carfagno, Vincent R.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. I often think the family trait, the love of animals, and a sense of order is somehow tied in to Fascism. The Empress 2. Only later did I find out that its author was lampooned in Woody Allen's film. That said, this book was written in 1933 Germany for people living in 1933 Germany, and there were many passages where I did not feel as though I had the historical background to fully understand Dr. Reich’s ideas. October 24, 2018 "Information Clearing House"- The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. It is the basic emotional civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life.". The last paragraph descends into absurdity, which I believe is appropriate when reviewing an old pro-psychoanalysis book. The long chapter entitled "The Masses and the State" is best disection of the insidious rise of authoritarian dictatorships that I've read. 32): "Travel to foreign countries—join the Royal Navy!" In other words, it propagates a way things are for classes and inserts this belief into humans. Irrationality, sexual repression, a patriarchal society, and mysticism. Makes interesting points about sexually based mass hysteria. The libido is further disguised and displaced. The gist of it is: stop trying to fix politics, it's irrational, just fix yourself and don't mess up your kids. There is a thin line between genius and madness. 1 Review. Might have a point. Does it exist merely by repression? Ideology reflects the economic situation of man in a certain society and also embeds itself in man. Vulgar Marxists could not explain why the lower and middle classes in Germany did not become revolutionary following the Great Depression because of this primary belief: The materialism of the vulgar Marxist rejects psychology or places it in an historical process and metaphysical system that completely reduces its practical significance. So, this understanding of Fascism has now come a long way from the understanding of it as purely a political/mass movement. The ignorance of the vulgar Marxist was not the ignorance of Marx himself, it was simply that they “had failed to take into account the character structure of the masses and the social effect of mysticism.” The vulgar Marxist was only concerned with “objective economic processes” and “governmental policies”, while ignoring the ideology of the masses. Reich's writing is also very long-winded and seems to go on and on just to make the same point over again (and he's unfortunately short with parts I found interesting, such as the proposition that a swastika is a sexual symbol (actually, it's a frustrating cop-out that he basically says "obviously everyone can see it's people in coitus" -- which I sort of struggled to see)). Please try again. It is absurd. Refresh and try again. The Mass Psychology of Fascism: Third Edition Wilhelm Reich No preview available - 1980. For what energy gain would a structure derive by merely repressing, displacing a force? He's a bit of a pseudo-scientist, but is pretty original thinker. DER SEXUELLE KAMPF DER JUGEND Sexpol Verlag, 1932. 1), The Murder of Christ: The Emotional Plague of Mankind. “The playing up of material needs and of hunger was not enough, for every political party did that much, even the church; so that in the end it was the mysticism of the National Socialists that triumphed over the economic theory of socialism, and at a time when the economic crisis and misery were at their worst.” (pg. Repression of natural sexuality, Reich suggests, leads to a neurotic authoritarianism and a mystical, irrational way of thinking that opens the way for Fascism when the social fabric, or hierarchy, threatens to be torn apart. Love Canal 3. One of the Great Political and Pyschological Works of the 20th Century, Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2005. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Farrell Silverberg, Ph.D. Not since the 1930s have we seen leaders better able to harness the “primal horde” and rally the masses of “great little men.” Darwin and Freud agreed that, in the horde, to the top sociopaths go the spoils. I am just wondering... With the recent rise of the New Right (viz the Tea Bag and Patriot movement), Wilhelm Reich proves himself as much of a prophet of Marx. 206 pp. His many other works include Listen, Little Man!, Function of the Orgasm, and Character Analysis. The mass psychology of fascism. Does anybody still remember the McMartin pre-school case? If that were the case, why didn't other countries - all countries - succumb to fascism? The Mass Psychology of Fascism. The Mass Psychology of Fascism (Book) : Reich, Wilhelm : In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small. I. Ideology as a material force -- The cleavage -- Economic and ideological structure of the German society, 1928-1933 -- How mass psychology sees the problem -- The social function of sexual repression -- II. "Fascism on only the organized political expression of the structure of the average man's character. Perhaps it is more akin to a viral infection. (See pgs. Your orgasm is initially dependent on joining the Royal Navy, because “Travel to foreign countries” is entirely interrogative and does not reach the exotic woman following the dash. Sometimes it felt outdated and dry or just too nutty (cosmic orgone, etc). I liked the idea of fascism being made possible because of the psychological sickness of the masses. Responsibility for the elimination of fascism thus results with the masses of average people who might otherwise support and champion it. This reminded me of my own hyper-religious period that started after puberty and continued until I was 20 or so. Through his Freudian-Marxist anlaysis, Reich shows how the sadistic character of race ideology is an extreme expression of patriarchal and opressive family structure. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The human character structure that created organized fascist movements still exists, dominating our present social conflicts. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It is the basic emotional civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life. THE MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FASCISM Wilhelm Reich Writing in the years 1930-33, Reich applies his theories of human character-structure to dissecting and analysing what he realised was the menacing social situation. Reich first published this under the Hitler regime and they wanted to kill him for it. I wanted to read some Reich since I first read about him in Kerouac and Burroughs and Robert Anton Wilson. Drawing on his medical experiences with men and women of various classes, races, nations, and religious beliefs, Reich refutes the still generally held notion that fascism is a specific characteristic of certain nationa, Drawing on his medical experiences with men and women of various classes, races, nations, and religious beliefs, Reich refutes the still generally held notion that fascism is a specific characteristic of certain nationalities or a political party ideology that is imposed on innocent people by means of force or political maneuvers. As the twig is bent so grows the tree, and when the tree is part of a bent forest . Written in Germany in 1933 after Hitler’s rise to power, this book is still very relevant today, so much so that many passages could easily describe our current political climate in the US. Chilling and accurate. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Please try your request again later. "―Wilhelm ReichResponsibility for the elimination of fascism thus results with the masses of average people who might otherwise support and champion it. It would need to reproduce, maybe as a kind of egregore inside and above us, a constantly charging authoritarian structure that has continued and will continue to thrive throughout civilization. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The previously unexamined sexual conditions (of “women and adolescents and children”) are an example. Very interesting read, especially bearing in mind that it was written in the middle of WW2 when Fascism was not just still a strong political force across Europe but a real threat. The vulgar Marxists ignore Marx himself when he says that all human conditions are responsible for a given historical situation. Wilhelm Reich. ), “Man's authoritarian structure—this must be clearly established—is basically produced by the embedding of sexual inhibitions and fear in the living substance of sexual impulses.”, (At this point I wonder what the authoritarian structure benefits by. “The Mass Psychology of Fascism” by Wilhelm Reich. It says it all in a succinct manner. 10 : Work Democracy Context: Under the influence of politicians, masses of people tend to ascribe the responsibility for wars to those who wield power at any given time. Isn't it better to join than be apart? MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FASCISM: Amazon.co.uk: REICH, WILHELM: 9780285647015: Books "Hey there, fuck face!" Reich, a former Marxist from the Frankfurt School, emphasizes that fascism is not unique to Germany or Japan or Italy, but is instead "the basic emotional attitude of the suppressed man of our authoritarian machine civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life.". This was first written in 1932 just as Nazism was rising, and much of it still holds up well. The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 9350023822 - ISBN 13: 9789350023822 - Aakar Books - 2015 - Softcover There was a problem loading your book clubs. Reich believes mankind has been turned into mindless machines suppressing sexual urges through thousands of years of authoritarian rule (priests, kings, dictators, politicians..etc) According to Reich, the only way to undo this authoritarian cycle is to sexualize women & children/destroy the nuclear family/ kill all forms 'mysticism' and become international instead of national. He was as weird as I expected. Fascism through a Freudian and Marxist lens. Souvenir Press, 1997 - Fascism - 400 pages. Interesting mention of Weininger as a proponent of a proto-Freudian madonna-whore mentality towards women. "Fascism is only the organized political expression of the structure of the average man's character. In Germany at that time the mass of the working class was supporting either the Communist or the Social Democratic party, but a significant and growing segment chose to back the reactionary tide which eventually. In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small.Drawing on his medical expereinces with men and women of various classes, races, nations, and religious beliefs, Reich refutes the still generally held notion that fascism is a specific characteristic of certain nationalities or a political party ideology that is imposed on innocent people by means of force or political manneuvers. Reich believes mankind has been turned into mindless machines suppressing sexual urges through thousands of years of authoritarian rule (priests, kings, dictators, politicians..etc) According to Reich, the only way to undo this authoritarian cycle is to sexualize women & children/destroy the nuclear family/ kill all forms 'mysticism', When speaking on "Fascism" Reich seems to mean traditional authoritarian structures. Uncomfortable and important. The contradiction is between the lower class’s consciousness of their social condition and the objective situation itself. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. He critiques this form of authoritarianism through the Marxist/Freudian lens. 132 pp. Responsibility for the elimination of fascism thus results with the masses of average people who might otherwise support and champion i By Wilhelm Reich. The coming season is a big one for the science fiction and fantasy genres, with the release of some of 2021's most anticipated speculative... To see what your friends thought of this book. Please try again. Reich's writing is also very long-winded and seems to go on and on just to make the same point over again (and he's unfortunately short with parts I found interesting, such as the proposition that a swastika is a sexual symbol (actually, it's a frustra. And especially with the family we feel with other living beings. THE MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FASCISM By WILHELM REICH English translation by THEODORE P. WOLFE By Wilhelm Reich DER TRIEBHAFTE CHARAKTER Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1925. The sexua. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Here it is. . Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. The mass psyche does not see itself as being repressed and forced into miserable conditions by the social order, while in the objective state of things, that is what is happening. “I work, I’m busy. Interesting mention of Weininger as a proponent of a proto-Freudian madonna-whore mentality towards women. Irrationality, sexual repression, a patriarchal society, and mysticism prepare the people for the fear and madness needed to support a Hitler or Stalin (or even a not-quite so fascist G. W. Bush). The chapter, Ideology as a Material Force, describes the actually separate categories of socio-economics and ideology, what the “vulgar” Marxist (“the name many outstanding Marxist politicians have given to the economism that restricts all of human existence to the problem of unemployment and pay rates”) had ignored. It is the basic emotional civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life. The Psychology of Fascism. This belief will be at odds with someone’s actual economic conditions, it will make a misery seem a necessity. So I alternated between 5 stars and 2 stars. That said, this book was written in 1933 Germany for people living in 1933 Germany, and there were many passages where I did not feel as though I had the historical background to fully understand Dr. Reich’s ideas. An incredibly important, but seemingly forgotten book--and one that is of pressing importance to a world in which what Reich would term "political irrationalism" is again getting out of hand, particularly with the rise of Trump in the U.S. and the far-right in Europe. I haven't read Reich since then so I'm not sure what I would think now.). With the dash, it completely scrambles the interrogatory nature of what came before: (Do you) travel to foreign countries – (no?) He died in 1957. The Mass Psychology of Fascism Wilhelm Reich Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980 It is obvious to all that the United States is a country in trouble. It was written in 1933; the first edition appeared in September of 1933 and the second edition in April of 1934, in Denmark " (1970b, p. xvii). AbeBooks.com: The Mass Psychology of Fascism (9789350023822) by Wilhelm Reich and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Did you know... that The Mass Psychology of Fascism, a book written by Wilhelm Reich in 1933, blamed sexual repression for the rise of fascism? Some interesting initial insights give way to repetitive tedium and psychoanalytic schizobabble in the second half. The translation I had was completed in 1970, yet only had a few footnotes. A classic work of political philosophy, for those with hardcore interest in the subject. None of these are sufficiently defended, and Reich makes the typical mistake of overestimating the importance of his own discoveries. Everything before the dash is interrogative – (Do you) travel to foreign countries(?) I read the book in the hope to better understand current international landscape, included the Isis outbreaks, and I found a fresh and thorough point of view and truly stimulating explanatory scheme. 6. Unable to add item to List. Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016. It is a concept denoting a very definite kind of mass leadership and mass influence: authoritarian, one-party system, hence totalitarian, a system in which power takes priority over objective interests, and facts are distorted for political purposes. Eligible orders in 1932 just as Nazism was rising, and when the,! 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