| Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897, Dobrzcynica, Austria-Hungary – November 3, 1957, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and Newager. The controversial concept of orgone energy originates from his late work. Due to his teachings, Reich became the theoretic founder of many sectarian psychoanalytic groups. Reich's writings "Mass Psychology of Fascism" and "The Sexual Revolution" took a great influence on the students' movement of the late 1960ies and early 1970ies. Wilhelm Reich and his friend A. S. Neill, founder of the anti-authoritarian Summerhill school, became idols of the 1968 movement. According to Wilhelm Reich's idea of sexual liberation, sexually uninhibited adults and children educated in this manner were to become the spearhead of a society free of domination. | | Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897, Dobrzcynica, Austria-Hungary – November 3, 1957, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and Newager. The controversial concept of orgone energy originates from his late work. Due to his teachings, Reich became the theoretic founder of many sectarian psychoanalytic groups. Reich's writings "Mass Psychology of Fascism" and "The Sexual Revolution" took a great influence on the students' movement of the late 1960ies and early 1970ies. Wilhelm Reich and his friend A. S. Neill, founder of the anti-authoritarian Summerhill school, became idols of the 1968 movement. According to Wilhelm Reich's idea of sexual liberation, sexually uninhibited adults and children educated in this manner were to become the spearhead of a society free of domination. |