Contents The Viewpoint of the Observer Introduction My Relationship with Reich The Development of the Mission: 1897-1920 Reich’s Childhood and Youth: 897-1917 Becoming a Psychoanalyst: 1918-1920 Reich as Insider—Building a Career and Marriage: 1920-1926 Reich’s Work on the Impulsive Character: 1922-1924 Reich’s Early Work on Character Analysis: 1920-1926 Reich’s Work on Orgastic Potency: 1922-1926 Personal Life: 1920-1926 The Radicalization of Reich: 1926-1930 Reich’s Illness and Sanatarium Stay in Davos, Switerland: Winter, 1927 July 15th, 1927, and Its Aftermath: 1927-1928 The Application of Sex-economic Concepts on the Social Scene—The Sex-pol: 1927-1930 Personal Life and Relations with Colleagues: 1927-1930 Liberation and Rejection—Reich’s Breaks with the Communist Party and the Psychoanalytic Association: 1930-1934 The Sex-political Furor: 1930-1934 The Psychoanalytic Furor and Reich’s Break with the Psychoanalytic Association: 1930-1934 Personal Life: 1930-1934 First Steps on the Road to Life—Reich’s Experimental Work in Scandinavia: 1934-1939 The Bio-electrical Experiments: 1934-1935 The Bions: 1936-1939 Psychiatric Developments: 1934-1939 Personal Life and Relations with Colleagues: 1934-1939 On His Own in America—Total Immersion in Studies of ”Life Energy” (Orgone Energy): 1940-1950 Getting Settled in America: 1939-1941 The Discovery of Orgone Energy: 1940 The Medical Effects of the Accumulator: 1940-48 Psychiatric, Sociological, and Educational Developments: 1940-1950 Personal Life and Relations with Colleagues: 1941-1950 The Road to Death—The FDA Campaign and Oranur: 1948-1957 The American Campaign Against Orgonomy—The Beginnings: 1947-1948 The Oranur Experiment: 1950-1953 Personal Life and Other Developments: 1950-1954 The FDA Injunction and Reich’s Responses: 1951-1955 Background to the Trial for Contempt of Injunction: 1955-1956 The Trial: 1956 The Destruction of Orgone Energy Accumulators and Burning of Reich’s Publications: 1956-1957 Prison and Death: 1957 Reviews "[A] remarkable and moving biography.... As Mr. Sharaf points out, almost every form of therapy we practice today, 'Reichean' or not, includes some idea or other that Reich pioneered. Primal and Gestalt therapies are heavily influenced by him (with little acknowledgment) and any therapeutic technique that emphasizes free bodily movement and sexual expression owes its origin to Reich's early work. We've adopted him without knowing it, and perhaps this biography will lead us still further into arguing about a man who shunned agreement and thrived on argument."— Walter Kendrick, New York Times Book Review "Reading Myron Sharaf's passionate biography of his charismatic mentor and colleague is like being engulfed in an ancient drama about heroic intention. True to its literary analog and human source, Fury on Earth ends in catharsis. I felt like crying upon closing it." — Webster Scott, Washington Post Book World
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