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Wilhelm Reich
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Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)

Also known as: Вильгельм Райх, فيلهلم رايش, 빌헬름 라이히, ヴィルヘルム・ライヒ, 威廉·赖希, Райх В.

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Known works

  • Die Sexualität im Kulturkampf (1945)
  • Record of a friendship (1981)
  • Die Massenpsychologie des Faschismus (1946)
  • Entdeckung des Orgons (1942)
  • Sex-pol