Reich, Wilhelm(1897–1957)
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychiatrist and social critic. After serving in the Austrian army during World War I, Reich became a medical student. He obtained his M....
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Goodman was an American writer and educator whose works include Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized System (1960) and People or Personnel: Decentralizing and the Mixed System (1965)....
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An American psychoanalyst and writer, Kovel is the author of White Racism: A Psychohistory (1970), A Complete Guide to Therapy: From Psychoanalysis to Behavior Modification (1976), and The Age of Desi...
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In the following essay, Briehl provides an overview of Reich's career as a psychoanalyst.
Of the many psychoanalysts who have contributed to the theoretical and technical aspects of the scie...
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In the following excerpt, which was originally published in French in 1969, Cattier explains how Reich combined concepts from Marxism and psychoanalysis to create a "social psychology."
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Ollman is an American writer and educator whose works include Alienation: Marx's Conception of Man in Capitalist Society (1971) and Social and Sexual Revolution (1978). In the following essay, ...
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An English psychoanalyst, Rycroft is noted for his dream theory, which differs significantly from the dream theories of both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Rycroft maintains that dreams are "the ...
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Edwards is an Austrian-born American philosopher and educator. In the following essay, he addresses what he considers misconceptions about Reich's life and works.
When I came to New York in ...
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Crews is an American writer and educator. In the following essay, which was originally published in Partisan Review in 1974, he surveys the writings of Reich's followers and questions the valid...
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In the following essay, Cohen outlines the major social and psychological principles in Reich's works.
Freud's great contribution was to develop the concepts and techniques which theo...
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In the following essay, Shechner examines the influence of Reich's works on Jewish American writers.
The most affirmative of the doctrines to make headway among writers during and after the ...
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Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publ...
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When 64-year-old feminist writer Ellen Willis died of lung cancer on Thursday, Nov. 9, she was remembered as a journalist, professor, activist and superhuman.
“Among our circle of friends, s...
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When 64-year-old feminist writer Ellen Willis died of lung cancer on Thursday, Nov. 9, she was remembered as a journalist, professor, activist and superhuman.
“Among our circle of friends, ...
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Can we say goodbye now to terror porn? I think that the recent Showtime series Sleeper Cell demonstrates it’s come at last to a dead end.
“Terror porn”: It’s a term that su...
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Can we say goodbye now to terror porn? I think that the recent Showtime series Sleeper Cell demonstrates it’s come at last to a dead end.“Terror porn”: It’s a term that surf...
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Reich, Wilhelm (1897–1957)
Critical Essay by Paul Goodman
Scientist's ideas on sex re-examined
