The Betrayal of the Body

By Alexander Lowen

Book Overview

The Betrayal of the Body is Alexander Lowen's pioneering study of the mind-body split.

Lowen describes the way people deny the reality, needs, and feelings of their bodies. This denial leads to the development of the division between mind and body, creating an over-charged ego obsessed with thinking at the expense of feeling and being. This book illustrates the energetic factors behind the split, the factors that produce it, and the proven therapeutic techniques that are available to treat it. Lowen further explores the mind-body duality in the individual and its parallel duality and dysfunction in society between culture and nature, and between thinking and feeling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938485009
• ISBN13: 9781938485008
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Alexander Lowen Foundation
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Betrayal of the Body review

I read Betrayal of the Body in the early seventies & loved it. When I ran across it again on the Internet I just had to get it. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to unite spirit & body.

The Betrayal of the Body

This excellent book was written by psychiatrist Alexander Lowen in 1967. It is one of the first books ever written that deals with body image from a psychological point of view. Eating disorders and distorted body images have been prevalent for the past 20 years. In this book, Dr. Lowen emphasizes that the body has its own wisdom and thus should not only be accepted, but respected and embraced as it is as well. Topics such as the relationship between eating and sexuality and subjects' real and actual body images are discussed. This book is a must read for anyone interested in improving their relationship with their body.