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The pleasure principle
Turner, Christopher
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/08/wilhelm-reich-free-love-orgasmatronDate Written: 2011-08-12 Publisher: Guardian Weekly Year Published: 2011 Resource Type: Article Wilhelm Reich invented 'the Orgasmatron' and claimed that better orgasms could cure society. Then the FBI got involved. Abstract: - Excerpt: Reich could be said to have invented this "sexual revolution"; a Marxist analyst, he coined the phrase in the 1930s in order to illustrate his belief that a true political revolution would be possible only one sexual repression was overthrown. In creating a morality out of pleasure, Reich allowed postwar radicals to view their promiscuity as political activism and justify their retreat from traditional politics. Subject Headings |