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Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century though his ideas have yet to receive the broad recognition they deserve. Why? A combination of two complimentary factors : his accurate diagnosis of a species-wide form of psychological disorder he called “the emotional plague” was extremely confronting, and his claim to have discovered a cosmic energy called “orgone”, which could heal people if they sat in “orgone boxes” and could make it rain if you pointed a
An Immense work, (to say nothing of its size, the book is enormous) and a critical contemporary to freud's Psychoanalytical revolution. This book was an exciting read for me in order to further flesh out my palette of psychoanalytical concepts. Though Wilhelm Reich became quite demented in his later years after suffering under the United States body politic, his earlier works stand the test of time as some of the most original compositions in the canon of Freudian and post-freudian literary achi...
Teaches you a lot where we are and where we could/would be.
Reich'ın vakalarına ait süreçler işleniyor. Klasiklerindendir, Reich'ı anlamak için kilit bir kitaptır
Thank you, Wilhem.
Great Precursor to Bioenergetics. Teaches you hopw to read trauma from posture and behaviour.
Reich is an interesting guy. I could say so much more but the truth is you will either be in awe or in horror of this guy.
La coraza caracterológica
When I read it as a student in Tübingen in the 70s - I wrote 2 notes in this book: Lordose page 382 and Orgasmusreflex page 388 - besides I underlined many sentences and even whole paragraphs and pages - in short, it reflected exactly my thinking and described my feelings etc... (dali48)
Wilhelm would have been great psychoanalyst and research if he hasn't gone insane with this whole "orgone" energy thing. Another case of seeing what you want to see, rather than what is. I do understand where he came from though...our society intolerance of honest discussion of all things sexual is still persisting and damaging us all.
By far Reich's best book of all the ones I've read. I've never thought his Orgone energy ideas had much credibility, but this was written when he was an active leftist and still in most ways a Freudian analyst. Certainly much better than anything Carl Jung ever wrote.
Reich's psychotic break is on full display in the third section; there's some interesting if eccentric ideas in the second section; the first section is one of the most valuable sections that I as a therapist-in-training have read, containing a useful model of how to implement a certain type of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Would recommend the first and maybe second sections to anyone learning to be a clinician.
Reich is not an easy read. This book is all over the place. At the start, he assumes the reader is a psychoanalyst and then half way through he starts explaining concepts that he brushed over in the previous chapters. This is a shame because he seems to me to be an intelligent man and understanding of his patients. His theories are interesting but I would suggest Alexander Lowens books if you wanted to understand Reichs concepts and the actual therapy practice.
I don't think I have all the knowledge needed to fully understand this book but Reich never seems to convince me, although there are some interesting parts in his work.
GreatThat's all...I dont want to write any more. Read it yourself if you're interested. And good luck to you.
Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Charles Bukowski, Ernest Hemingway, William Burroughs…they all leave me with a feeling of emptiness. Don’t get me wrong, I think they are all brilliant, and I enjoy them all (with the exception of Led Zeppelin). However, I can only take them in small doses. Why is that? I’ve come to the conclusion that they, among others, are masculine-centered. There is nothing wrong with masculinity or delving into your gender experience, but it does end up being one-sided. I would feel...
Ζόρικο βιβλίο αλλά το απόλαυσα , ειδικά αν σκεφτεί κανείς ότι είναι γραμμένο 90 χρόνια πριν... Διαβάζοντας το πρέπει να έχεις στ μυαλό σου ότι η ψυχιατρική επιστήμη έχει προχωρήσει πολύ από τότε που γράφτηκε το βιβλίο αυτό.. Αν κάποιος έχει την υπομονή, το χρόνο και το ενδιαφέρον να δει τις απαρχές της ψυχιατρικής ας το ξεκινήσει με πλήρη συνείδηση του τι ξεκινά να διαβάσει.
A must read to anyone interested in how their inner complexes manifest in everyday life. Real comphrehensive through the many aspects of Chracter analysis, and the origins of the emotinal plague, steps to restore patients to n orgiastic stte instead of hve them suffer with nouroses, become psychotic, or whtnot. Describes many case studies in detail, and also includes the brilliant essy on the Schizhophrenic Split, a malady even Reich never got to the bottom of. That being said, it is real sad to...
Y aquí descubrí que el psicoanálisis no es lo mío. Rly.
