When1: 1933
When2: 1936
Who: Wilhelm Reich [Reich, Wilhelm]
What: philosopher
Where: Austria
works\ Character Analysis [1933]; Mass Psychology of Fascism [1933]; Sexual Revolution [1936]
Detail: He lived 1897 to 1957. Illness can result from society's repression and authoritarianism. Individuals can act to protect themselves from such society and so imprison spontaneous tendencies {bio-energy}, which normally require freedom and expression. Confined bio-energy can cause tension and illness. People express tension in faces and bodies. People choose behaviors that protect {character armor} {muscular armor} them from their own or others' anxiety or anger. Energy fills universe and can heal {orgone theory}.
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