The Betrayal of the Body

The Betrayal of the Body is Alexander Lowens pioneering study of thenmind-body split. Lowen describes the way people deny the reality, needs, andnfeelings of their bodies. This denial leads to the development of the divisionnbetween mind and body, creating an over-charged ego obsessed with thinkingnat the expense of feeling and being.nThis book illustrates the energetic factors behind the split, the factors thatnproduce it, and the proven therapeutic techniques that are available to treat it.nLowen further explores the mind-body duality in the individual and its parallelnduality and dysfunction in society between culture and nature, and betweennthinking and feeling.Additional ISBNs: 9781938485008, 1938485009, 9781938485015, 1938485017