The Invasion of Compulsory Sex Morality

The Invasion of Compulsory Sex Morality is a book written by Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich[1][2] and published in 1931. The book details Reich's theories of the causes of sexual neuroses,[3] and attempts to explain them in historical, as opposed to Marxist or Freudian terms.[4][5]

The first two editions (1931 & 1934) were in German[6] - the third edition (1951) was the first to be translated into and published in English, and had a different forward.[7] In the prefaces to the three editions, Reich discusses not only the book itself, but also events (such as the rise of Nazism) current at the time of publication.[8][9]

Reich drew heavily on the work of Malinowski, especially his Sexual Life of Savages.[10]

In 2015 the book remains in print and is in the collections of hundreds of libraries around the world.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Russell Jacoby (1 July 1986). The Repression of Psychoanalysis: Otto Fenichel and the Freudians. University of Chicago Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-226-39069-7.
  2. ↑ The New York Times Book Review. New York Times Company. January 1972. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Rama Demetrius Dyushambee (1 November 2004). Cosmic Consciousness: A Grass Roots Do-It-Yourself Action Manual for Developing Individual and Human Species Capacity for A Better Quality of Life and a Viable Global Vision and Future. YOUtopia INstitute. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-9763181-0-1.
  4. ↑ Reed Business Information (6 July 1972). New Scientist. Reed Business Information. pp. 50–. ISSN 0262-4079.
  5. ↑ Socialist Workers Party (1976). Gay liberation and socialism: documents from the discussions on gay liberation inside the Socialist Workers Party (1970-1973). Thorstad. p. 28.
  6. ↑ James E. Strick (1 April 2015). Wilhelm Reich, Biologist. Harvard University Press. pp. 405–. ISBN 978-0-674-28688-7.
  7. ↑ Udo Schaefer (1983). The Imperishable Dominion: The Baháʼi Faith and the Future of Mankind. G. Ronald. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-85398-142-8.
  8. ↑ http://www.wilhelmreichtrust.org/invasion_of_compulsory_sex-morality.html
  9. ↑ Dirk Bruere (February 2011). Technomage. Lulu.com. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-0-9567587-0-5.
  10. ↑ The Journal of Mind and Behavior. Journal of Mind and Behavior, Incorporated. 1980. p. 262.
  11. ↑ "The invasion of compulsory sex-morality.". World Cat

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