Wilhelm Reich
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| - | '''Wilhelm Reich''' ([[March 24]], [[1897]]–[[November 3]], [[1957]]) was an Austrian-American [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]] and [[Psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]], who was trained in Vienna by [[Sigmund Freud]]. | + | '''Wilhelm Reich''' ([[March 24]], [[1897]]–[[November 3]], [[1957]]) was an Austrian-American [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]] and [[Psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]], who was trained in [[Vienna]] by [[Sigmund Freud]]. |
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| - | *[[W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism]] (1971) | + | |
| - | *[[Sweet Movie]] (1974) | + | |
| - | '''Wilhelm Reich''' ([[March 24]], [[1897]]–[[November 3]], [[1957]]) was an Austrian [[psychiatrist]], [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]], and author, who was trained in [[Vienna]] by [[Sigmund Freud]]. | + | |
| In the [[1930]]s, Reich claimed to have discovered a physical [[energy]], which he called "orgone," and which he said was contained in the atmosphere and in all living matter. He developed instruments — orgone accumulators — to detect and harness the energy, which he said could be used to treat illnesses like [[cancer]]. His views were not accepted by the mainstream scientific community. | In the [[1930]]s, Reich claimed to have discovered a physical [[energy]], which he called "orgone," and which he said was contained in the atmosphere and in all living matter. He developed instruments — orgone accumulators — to detect and harness the energy, which he said could be used to treat illnesses like [[cancer]]. His views were not accepted by the mainstream scientific community. | ||
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Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897–November 3, 1957) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who was trained in Vienna by Sigmund Freud.
In the 1930s, Reich claimed to have discovered a physical energy, which he called "orgone," and which he said was contained in the atmosphere and in all living matter. He developed instruments — orgone accumulators — to detect and harness the energy, which he said could be used to treat illnesses like cancer. His views were not accepted by the mainstream scientific community.
When his Mass Psychology of Fascism, published in 1933, was banned by the Nazis, Reich realized he was in danger; he moved to the United States in 1939, where he continued his orgone research. In 1947, following a series of articles about orgone in the New Republic and Harpers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began an investigation into Reich's claims about orgone therapy, and won an injunction against its promotion as a medical treatment. Charged with contempt of court for violating the injunction, Reich conducted his own defense, which involved sending the judge all his books to read. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
In August 1956, several tons of Reich's publications were burned by the FDA. Reich died of heart failure in jail just over a year later, one day before he was due to apply for parole.
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He is known for three things
- He tried to join Marxism and psychoanalysis in studies of fascism, producing a very popular book, The Mass Psychology of Fascism.
- He claimed discovery of what he called orgone energy, which many scientists still dispute and call pseudoscience (as of 2004).
- The persecution of him and his theories by the Nazi Gestapo in Germany, and later the US government (which burned his books) until his death in a US prison.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933)
See also
Films
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
- Sweet Movie (1974)
