Wilhelm reich a personal biography
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Fury On Earth: A Biography Of Wilhelm Reich (Paperback)
By Myron Sharaf
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Written by a former patient, student, and assistant of Wilhelm Reich, this biography recounts the life and career of the controversial psychoanalyst and argues that most forms of therapy practiced today include some idea that Reich pioneered
"Interweaving a thorough examination of Reich's psychiatric theories and techniques, scientific experiments and grandiose claims, with his stormy person life and deteriorating mental balance, [Sharaf] achieves an impressive portrait of a complicated, tragic figure. . . . His work is a psycho-biography on the order of Erikson's studies of Luther and Gandhi, for he analyzes Reich's achievements in light of his personal conflicts, achieving a unified portrait of a highly complex innovator."--Los Angeles Times
"What is amazing is that Sharaf has managed to turn a definitive biography int
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Biography of Wilhelm Reich
BIOGRAPHY OF WILHELM REICH
REICH’S EARLY YEARS
(1897 – 1918)
“I was born in a small village as the first son of not unprosperous parents.”
— from Passion of Youth
Wilhelm Reich was born on March 24, 1897 in Galicia, in the easternmost part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Ukraine. He grew up in the Bukovina on a large farm operated by his father. His first language was German, and until 1938 he was an Austrian citizen.
According to The Bibliography of Orgonomy–prepared at Orgonon in 1953 under Reich’s supervision–his “interest in biology and natural science was stimulated early bygd the life on the farm, close to agriculture, cattle-farming, and breeding…Between his 8th and 12th years, he had his own collection and breeding laboratory of butterflies, insects and plants beneath the guidance of a private teacher. The natural life functions, including the sexual function, were familiar to him as far back as he could remember, and this may well h
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Wilhelm Reich
Austrian-American psychoanalyst (–)
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Portrait by Ludwig Gutmann (Vienna, before ) | |
| Born | ()24 March Dobzau, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 3 November () (aged&#;60) United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Orgonon, Rangeley, Maine, U.S. 44°59′28″N70°42′50″W / °N °W / ; |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Education | University of Vienna (MD, ) |
| Speciality | Psychoanalysis |
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| Relatives | Robert Reich (brother) |
Wilhelm Reich (RYKHE; German:[ˈvɪlhɛlmˈʁaɪç]; 24 March &#;– 3 November ) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a