Wilhelm Reich -

Reich’s work was unique in its attempt to blend psychoanalysis with Marxism, leading to his eventual ostracization from both worlds.

Reich began his career as one of Sigmund Freud’s most promising students in Vienna during the 1920s. While Freud focused on the "death drive," Reich took the opposite path, championing the primacy of life and desire . He developed the concept of suggesting that individuals develop habitual patterns of muscle tension and constricted breathing to suppress strong feelings and block emotional awareness. The Radical Outsider Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) was a brilliant yet deeply polarizing Austrian psychoanalyst whose life transitioned from the heights of Freudian intellectualism to a tragic end in a U.S. prison. He is perhaps best known for his theory of "orgone" energy and his pioneering role in the sexual revolution . Reich’s work was unique in its attempt to