Wilhelm Reich

How refreshing. After a semester in which Freud's theories dominated the course it was a welcoming change to learn the views of Wilhelm Reich, which countered those of Freud's. However the idea that the orgasm is the universal principle, which explains everything, is a view I strongly disagree with, I agree that the orgasm does propel most people's behaviour, but not everything can be reduced to this simple formula, for example how can you explain or reduce the September the eleventh terrorist attacks to this principle. It is my view that people are more complex than the way we are portrayed by Reich, with conflicting issues and uncertainty driving our actions rather than just desire, this gives a very primitive impression. In addition I found the debate about whether we should release our repression and unconscious, causing a division within my own mind, as both arguments are valid. I agree with the fact that we should rid ourselves of any inner turmoil as it regulates our well being, however, Freud's theory of the dangers of acting on our unconscious I agree with too, because if people acted on every impulse it could lead to random and constant acts of selfishness, which cannot be the dominant factor within a society, which is dependent on charity and compliance.
Finally the pairing of repression with a brief mention of dictatorship was a logical compliment to the topic, because it is the device used to establish control, and if you consider it the Nazis even used sexuality and child birth to create fear and control families, for instance the Nuremberg laws dictated who it was appropriate to marry and have relations with.