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Wilhelm Reich

1897 - 1957

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Wilhelm Reich ( RYKHE; Austrian German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈraɪç]; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author of several influential books, The Impulsive Character (1925), The Function of the Orgasm (1927), Character Analysis (1933), and The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933), he became one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry. Reich's work on character contributed to the development of Anna Freud's The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936), and his idea of muscular armour—the expression of the personality in the way the body moves—shaped innovations such as body psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, bioenergetic analysis and primal therapy. His writing influenced generations of intellectuals; he coined the phrase "the sexual revolution" and according to one historian acted as its midwife. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Reich is the 26th most popular psychologist (down from 21st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Psychologist.

Wilhelm Reich was a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who is most famous for his work in the field of sexology. He is best known for his invention of the orgone energy accumulator, which he claimed could cure cancer and other illnesses.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Wilhelm Reich ranks 26 out of 235Before him are John B. Watson, Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, and Melanie Klein. After him are Gustav Fechner, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Aaron T. Beck, Alfred Binet, Karen Horney, and Princess Marie Bonaparte.

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Among people born in 1897, Wilhelm Reich ranks 19Before him are Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, Yun Posun, Jiroemon Kimura, Anthony Eden, and Lucky Luciano. After him are Georges Bataille, Odd Hassel, Louis Aragon, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ferenc Szálasi, and Frank Capra. Among people deceased in 1957, Wilhelm Reich ranks 16Before him are Nikos Kazantzakis, Constantin Brâncuși, Walther Bothe, Gerty Cori, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Arturo Toscanini. After him are Gichin Funakoshi, Oliver Hardy, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Henry van de Velde, Gabriela Mistral, and Irving Langmuir.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Wilhelm Reich ranks 40 out of 1,365Before him are Anne of Kiev (1025), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), and Ludwig von Mises (1881). After him are Simon Wiesenthal (1908), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Symon Petliura (1879), Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), Igor Sikorsky (1889), and George Gamow (1904).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Ukraine

Among psychologists born in Ukraine, Wilhelm Reich ranks 1After him are Giacomo Rizzolatti (1937), and Anatol Rapoport (1911).