Mass Psychology Fascism, First Edition (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 400 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket with wear to edges and extremities. Jacket not price clipped. Stated First Printing of the 1970 publication.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "First Printing" on copyright page. Newly Translated by Vincent R Carfango. Softcover book in good plus condition with light shelf wear on the covers. There is small abraded area on the top edge of the front cover near the head of the spine and a .25" closed tear on the fore-edge of the front over. Covers are lightly soiled. Partial crease on the spine but the binding is tight. Light fosing on the edges. Otherwise, the pages are clean, smooth and unmarked.400 pp. The author was an Austrian psychiatrist. This work was banned and burned in Nazi Germany and burned again in the United States in 1954.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. First printing. Paper yellowed. Cover discolored. Signs of use. Inside clean. 400 pp.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First English language edition, translated from the third German edition by Theodore P. Wolfe. No dust jacket. Mild wear to boards. Short obituary of Reich tipped onto rear pastedown, else internally unmarked and bright. Binding firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First British edition - first printing, newly translated from the German by Vincent R. Carfagno. ***Very good in purple cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Foxing to top edge of page block. Slight abrasion to fore-edge. Spine tight. Interior pages clean - there are some marginal notes in light pencil which could be erased if so wished, otherwise no inscriptions. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper that retains the original publisher's price of £3.50 net with an additional (remainder) 80p sticker on the front flap. Some slight creasing to the head and tail of the spine of the dustwrapper. No tears or chips. The white background to the dustwrapper is marked (please see scans). ***210mm x148mm. xxxi prelims pages including glossary plus 400 pages. ***Ch 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. The Authoritarian Ideology of the Family in the Mass Psychology of Fascism: Fuhrer and mass structure; Hitler's background; On the mass psychology of the lower middle class; Family ties and nationalistic feelings; Nationalistic self-confidence; The domestication of the industrial workers; III. The Race Theory: Its contents; The objective and subjective functions of ideology; racial purity, blood poisoning, and mysticism; IV. The Symbolism of the Swastika; V. The Sex-Economic Presupposition of the Authoritarian Family; VI. Organised Mysticism as an International Anti-Sexual Organization: The interest in the Church; The fight against Cultural Bolshevism; The appeal to mystical feelings; The goal of the cultural revolution in the light of fascist reaction; VII. Sex-economy in the Fight Against Mysticism: The three basic elements of religious feeling; Anchoring of religion by means of sexual anxiety; Healthy and neurotic self-confidence; VIII. Some Questions of Sex-Political Practice; IX: The Masses and The State: X. Biological Functions of Work; XI. Give Responsibility to Vitally Necessary Work!: What is "Work-Democracy"; XII The Biologic Miscalculations in the Human Struggle for Freedom; XIII: On Natural Work-Democracy. ***'Reich's classic study of the mass psychology of fascism is presented in a new English translation. This work, written during the years of the German crisis 1930-33 and subsequently banned by the Nazis, is a unique contribution on the understanding of one of the crucial phenomena of our times - Fascism. In it, Reich applies his clinical knowledge of human character structure to the social and apolitical scene. He firmly repudiates the concept that Fascism is the ideology or action of a single individual or nationality, or of any ethnic or political group. He also denies a purely socio-economic explanation as advanced by Marxian ideologists. He understands Fascism as the expression of the irrational character structure of the average human being whose primary, biological needs and impulses have been suppressed for thousands of years. The social function of this suppression and the crucial role played in it by the authoritarian family and the church and are carefully analysed. Reich shows how every form of organized mysticism, including Fascism, relies on the unsatisfactory orgiastic longing of the masses. **The importance of this work today cannot be underestimated. The human character structure that created or organized fascist movements still exists, dominating our present social conflicts. If the chaotic agony of our times is ever to be eliminated, we must turn our attention to the character structure that creates it. We must understand the mass psychology of Fascism.' (Quote taken from the front flap). ***First British edition - hard to find now in the original dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Language Edition. Even more frighteningly relevant today than when the author originally wrote it to explain the Nazi's rise to power in Germany leading up to WWII. The famed psychoanalyst, who originated "orgone theory," here explores how the economic & ideological structure of a society can converge, fueled by nationalism & racism, & sexual suppression, to create a climate where fascism can flourish, especially when fueled by a charismatic leader. And as Reich was a Freudian & early sexologist, he also offers a fascinating analysis of the sexual symbolism of the swastika. 344 pp. Orig. published in German in 1933 & in a second edition the very next year, this is the First English-laguage Edition from 1946, translated from the manuscript of the revised & enlarged third edition. Newspaper clipping dated 1982 laid in discussing the resurgence of book banning & burning in the US, including the works of this author. A significant work for any era & essential reading for our own. Hardcover 8vo has matte black cloth-covered boards stamped with bright gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG- (minus)/Good+, downgraded solely due to very heavy underlining by former owner, which really only impacts the Preface, with scattered lighter underlining in first 5 pages; also, some writing to ffep, name stamp to bottom outside page edges. Else, very clean, pages moderately tanned, heavier to edges. Text block strong, hinges secure, but gutter between pages 8-9 is cracked. About 50 pages have mild chipping/tearing to lower edge & the top outer-upper corners of some pages in the 40s-50s show rough edges/tearing/scraping (see photos). The unclipped DJ (with orig. $4.50 price intact) is VG: bright & colorful with minor chips & light soil, some writing to front flap; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English edition translated from the German revised edition by Theodore Wolfe. Navy blue cloth cover has worn corners and a bit of rubbing. Solid binding, pages are lightly tanned, no marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First English Edition. Solid good copy with very slighthmarks to front board and some fading of gilt printing. No interior marking save a semi-erased ink previous owner's name on front endpaper. Third edition revised and enlarged (First English) translated by Theodore P. Wolfe. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Navy cloth, spine and upper board titled in yellow, lacks dust-jacket. Ownership signature. A very good copy indeed. Translated from the manuscript of the revised and enlarged third edition of : Die Massenpsychologie des Faschismus.

Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. First Edition. good+wear to extrems. some underlining and mild notations on the first 38 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First English-language edition. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering, lacking dust jacket. Near Fine, former owner's name on front free endpaper. Text free of marking. Nice shape overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. Very Good in a Fair dust jacket with a large chip (2") at the foot, a little staining to front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. First English edition. Some staining to cloth, block edge corner slightly bumped. The DJ in mylar is toned, edge is a bit tattered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages.

Ganzleinen mit Schutzumschlag, 8°, 344 S., First english edition (erste englischsprachige Ausgabe), translated from the German Manuscript "Third, revised and enlarged edition", Contents: Ideology as material power - Authoritarian family ideology and the mass Psychology of Facism - The Race Theory - The Symbolism of the Swastika - The sex-economic basis of the authoritarian family - Organized mysticism: the international antisexual organization - Sex-economy in the fight against mysticism - Some problems of sex-political practice - The masses and the state - Work democracy Schutzumschlag bestoßen und kleine Einrisse, sonst guter Zustand (Versand ausserhalb Deutschlands als Warensendung bis 1 kg 7,00 Euro).

Hardcover. First Edition. First American edition. (Correct first in the English language as well.) xxiv, 344 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering.A few faint smudges to cloth, else Fine. In a beautiful example of the extremely thin, cheaply-made, fragile dust jacket, Fine, unclipped, with trifling shelf wear but very bright and white despite its age. Rare in such nice shape. One of the renegade Freudian psychologist's most influential works, which posits sexual repression as the genesis of authoritarianism.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First English Edition. xxiv, 344 pages. Index. Translated from the German manuscript of the third, revised and enlarged edition. Earlier German editions were "smuggled across the German border in great numbers and enthusiastically received by the illegal revolutionary movement. The Fascists banned it in 1935." - xiv. The ten chapters include: Authoritarian Family Ideology and the Mass Psychology of Fascism; The Race Theory; The Symbolism of the Swastika; Organized Mysticism - The International Antisexual Organization; Some Problems of Sex-Political Practice; The Masses and the State; and more. Binding sound. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is patched at spine ends and preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound vintage copy. Kehr & Langmaid 258, Madden p.55. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First American edition. First American edition. (Correct first in the English language as well.) Signed by Wilhelm Reich on the front free endpaper and inscribed to his second wife, "To Ilse Ollendorff, with my heartfelt thank [sic] for all her help Aug. 1946 Wilhelm Reich." xxiv, 344 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with light edge wear; staining to rear board. Spine slightly mottled; contents lightly toned. In a Near Fine unclipped supplied jacket with light toning, small tear to rear joint at foot, and rubbing to rear panel. One of the renegade Freudian psychologist's most influential works, which posits sexual repression as the genesis of authoritarianism. A terrific association copy inscribed to his second wife (a partner in his highly unorthodox research in the US during the 1940s and early 1950s, and mother to his son) whom he would marry that year. They would stay together until 1951, when Reich discovered DOR and began constructing his famous cloudbusters. Signed copies of Reich's books are quite uncommon in the market.