Wilhelm Reich
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Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who worked in the early-to-mid 20th century and became known for his unconventional ideas about psychology, sexuality, and society. His work remains historically significant because he challenged mainstream psychoanalytic thinking and influenced later discussions about the connections between mental health, sexual freedom, and social structures, though many of his theories were controversial and rejected by the scientific community.
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- Born
- 24 March 1897
- Died
- 3 November 1957
- Works
- 196
Top works
- Ibsen's Peer Gynt
- Die Sexualität im Kulturkampf
- Jenseits der Psychologie
- Der Einbruch der sexuellen Zwangsmoral
- Gwêgire piyawî piçûk
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Acting · Dobzau, Galica, Austria
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian doctor of medicine and psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author of several influential books, most notably Character Analysis (1933), The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933) and The Sexual Revolution (1936), Reich became known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry.
Known for
- Who is afraid of Wilhelm Reich? — Self (archive footage)2009
- The Century of the Self — Self (archive footage)2002
- WR: Mysteries of the Organism — Himself1971
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Wilhelm Reich (/raɪx/; Austrian German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈraɪç]; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author of several influential books, The Impulsive Character (1925), The Function of the Orgasm (1927), Character Analysis (1933), and The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933), he became one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry.
Reich's work on character contributed to the development of Anna Freud's The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936), and his idea of muscular armour—the expression of the personality in the way the body moves—shaped innovations such as body psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, bioenergetic analysis and primal therapy. His writing influenced generations of intellectuals; he coined the phrase "the sexual revolution" and according to one historian acted as its midwife. During the 1968 student uprisings in Paris and Berlin, students scrawled his name on walls and threw copies of The Mass Psychology of Fascism at police.
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1897 births1957 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American non-fiction writers20th-century American psychologists20th-century Austrian Jews20th-century Austrian writers20th-century Jewish medical doctorsAmerican agnosticsAmerican communistsAmerican male non-fiction writersAmerican people of Austrian descent