It was inevitable that Colin Wilson would become interested in Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) at some stage for he was, very much, the “outsider” of the psychoanalytic movement. He first mentioned Reich in his classic 1971 study
The Occult. In the same year his essay entitled “Freud, Reich and Nietzsche” was published in
The Humanistand an extended book review, “Wilhelm Reich’s Sex and Psychology”, appeared a year later in
Books and Bookmen. This review was published in its own right as the eleven-page pamphlet
Wilhelm Reichin 1974 and included in the booklet
Hesse—Reich—Borges. In the latter he mentioned that he was currently researching a book on Reich. That book,
The Quest for Wilhelm Reich, appeared in 1981, published by Granada Publishing Ltd. in the UK and Anchor…
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Citation: Stanley, Colin. "The Quest for Wilhelm Reich". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 March 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23965, accessed 26 November 2024.]
