Wilhelm Reich

Austrian psychiatrist who was a pioneering figure in character analysis and body-oriented psychotherapy before becoming increasingly eccentric and developing the pseudoscientific orgone energy theory.

Character Analysis: the body holds psychological defenses as muscular armoring — character neurosis is embodied. The Mass Psychology of Fascism: fascism is the result of sexual repression — the authoritarian family structure produces fascist character. Orgone energy: later claims of a universal bio-energy that accumulated in accumulators — this phase is regarded as pseudoscience.