num_pages: 296
description: The core of this book is a tape-recorded interview of Wilhelm Reich, conducted by a representative of the Sigmund Freud Archives, Inc. Published here for the first time, it is a profoundly human and an unusually candid document that supplies a long-awaited clarification of the relationship between Reich and Freud.Reich discusses the personally tragic but scientifically vital implications of his relationship with Sigmund Freud in a manner both simple and concise, placing the reader in a position to determine for himself what was at issue.The book has an extensive documentary supplement containing pertinent extracts from Reich's writings as well as previously unpublished material from his archives, including letters to Freud, Adler, Ferenczi, and others involved in the early struggles within psychoanalysis. It also includes documents revealing the unrelenting hostility of the psychoanalysts toward Reich.
language: English
title: Reich Speaks of Freud: Wilhelm Reich Discusses His Work & His Relationship with Sigmund Freud
titlecomplete: Reich Speaks of Freud: Wilhelm Reich Discusses His Work & His Relationship with Sigmund Freud
characters: Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Reich
genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (NY)