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Wilhelm Reich
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Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) was a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and writer. Born in Dobrianychi, he held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, Austria, Poland, and the United States. Reich received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Vienna and worked at the Vienna General Hospital, University of Oslo, and The New School. He was a member of the Communist Party of Austria, the Communist Party of Germany, and the Social Democratic Party of Austria. Reich participated in World War I and died of heart failure.
His notable works include *Ibsen's Peer Gynt*, *Die Sexualität im Kulturkampf*, *Jenseits der Psychologie*, and *Der Einbruch der sexuellen Zwangsmoral*. Reich was married to Annie Reich and had students including Aslaug Vaa and Alexander Lowen. He spoke English and German and identified as an atheist.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 24 March 1897
- Died
- 3 November 1957
- Works
- 196
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1897
- Active to
- 1957
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 64
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,455x
- The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology
· 2008 · cited 10,748x
- Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
· 2006 · cited 9,175x
- The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity
· 2012 · cited 7,252x
- Many-body physics with ultracold gases
· 2008 · cited 7,102x
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Quotes
- “Liebe, Arbeit und Wissen sind die Quellen unseres Lebens. Sie sollen es auch regieren.”
- “It is sexual energy which governs the structure of human feeling and thinking.”
- “Unless we proceed cautiously, there might well arise a few generations of mystics who conceive of the orgone metaphysically, divorced from non-living nature and who do not comprehend it from the standpoint of natural science. And it seems to me that we have more than enough mysticism as it is.”
- “The discovery of orgone energy was made through consistent, thorough study of energy functions, first in the realm of the psyche, and later in the realm of biological functioning.”
- “Rooting in work is crucial to any accomplishment. Rooting in mere enthusiasm will in the long run force illusory measures to keep the fires of empty enthusiasm going. And this makes politics and politicians.”
- “Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.”
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Official website
Orgonon: A State of Mind. And Body.
Orgonon is the 200 acre estate in Rangeley, Maine where the legacy of Wilhelm Reich is preserved. The Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
wilhelmreichtrust.org →Link to the official site · 11,581 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
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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