I consider this book part of my "big" three that I recom I have read this book before, but with three children I find myself coming back to it every few years. I consider this book part of my "big" three that I recommend to my own clientele. Children of the future 2. You Are Your Child's First Teacher Are a much needed trio for todays-emotional plague- which is worse, in so many ways-than it was during Reich's time.
I also like his use of Blakes quote on Children of the Future- little did they know, society still rests on the abyss. Draw back- this edition is editted by Higgins, the Wolf translation- is much much better Mar 31, Esa Ruoho rated it it was amazing. Jan 06, Skip rated it it was amazing. An eye opener that will never be adhered to. Jun 06, David added it. Mar 19, Nilay Aslan rated it liked it.
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Mar 04, Dina rated it really liked it. A book that certainly makes you question many of the things you've been taught before. For those of us who grew up in more conservative, traditional or patriarchal societies, or even societies where stressed out mothers rarely expressed their love by physical embrace this book might give many insights.
The more I read Wilhelm the more i think that in between mad scientist and genius. In words of Reich, "The fundamental question is: Can hypocrites, morali A book that certainly makes you question many of the things you've been taught before. Can hypocrites, moralists, and weaklings solve the problems of life for young people? For as long as the laws for living are written and imposed by weaklings, hypocrites, and impotent individuals, the mass of young people cannot hope to find a solution to their sexual problem, which is one of the most burning ones affecting them.
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Jewish Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Reich was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure, rather than on individual neurotic symptoms. He promoted adolescent sexuality, the availability of contraceptives and abortion, and the importance for women of economic independence. Malinowski chose to study these islands because of long-standing reports from mariners of "wild" sexual goings-on in that place. Malinowski was a student of psychoanalysis who had reservations about some analytic concepts, particularly the theory of the universality of the Oedipus complex.
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He assumed that there was no place better to examine these questions than in a society that reportedly varied so widely from our own. He reported his findings in several books, the most widely known a book he called The Sexual Life of Savages.
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It must be remembered that missionaries and globalization have effected some changes since then. The publication of the book occasioned hearty acclaim in some sectors of the anthropological community and spirited rebuke from the psychoanalytic brotherhood. The contest goes on to this time, though more quietly.
He spoke of regrets that most of the discussion centered on the sexy aspects of the book rather than his emphasis on the functional relationship between the structure of a society and its cultural and behavioral consequences. Trobriand society is matrilineal, that is, inheritance is through the female line; the clan is a female product. Sexual intercourse is thought to play no part in conception of children.
Birth results from the spirit of a dead female who has long rested in some afterlife island and who now wishes to live again. The only concession to sex in the process is that the hole must be opened, but sea water or exposure to a constant drip can accomplish this. The male is an accessory to this process in that sexual intercourse after the seed is planted can maintain its growth; this is why children can sometimes resemble their father.
The father is the sweet nourisher of the child, the role our ideal mother plays. Children of the Trobriands are breast-fed for four or five years. A fascinating aspect of child-rearing is that children are never given orders. They are addressed as equals.
There are discussions, but never commands. Even the chief of the village participates in this behavior toward children. Children from the ages of four or five to preadolescence have their own community. They make their own rules, travel as a group to places of retreat. And they have very active sexual lives. There is some evidence that in the latter years of childhood the play may extend to the introduction of the penis into the vagina. In adolescence what was formerly play becomes more seriously erotic and is attended by sexual attractions.
Apparently the sexual activities are not communal, and the sexual couplings are conducted in privacy. The fact that the birth of a child has no relationship to male-female sexual coupling is "proven" to the Trobrianders by the fact that in adolescence when there is superabundant sexual activity in the adolescent hut there are very few pregnancies. A possible explanation for the rarity of childbirth in adolescence is the fact that there is such intense sexual activity in the hut that the uterus is in an over stimulated state — not the best condition for implantation of a fertilized ovum.
Social status in the Trobriand village depends on several factors. First there is heredity. Next there is wealth. The family that raises more food and has more possessions gains status. Finally there is magic. There are formulaic recitations for overcoming all types of adversity.
Some members of the community have memorized more of these recitations than others; this gives them power. People in trouble go to them to purchase the magic, which helps to overcome the difficulty, whether it is a matter of health, a social problem, an enemy who has cast a spell, etc. There is an exaggerated aversion to excreta and bad odors in Trobriand society.
Children of the Future: On the Prevention of Sexual Pathology by Wilhelm Reich
Urinating or defecating in the brush is always done privately. Alimentary gases are never released in public. Even though the penis cover barely conceals the genitals it must never be moved minutely. Skirts must not reveal genitals in the wind or in movement. Homosexuality, bestiality, oral or anal sex, exhibitionism and masturbation are reproved. Sex is forbidden in war, overseas sailing, gardening, pregnancy, and lactation.
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Sex must be performed in private, except on the very few sexual holidays. There must be no sex within the clan. There is an abundance of sexual jokes, except in the presence of persons of higher rank. The exceptions are in the high-caste families where infant betrothals are arranged to keep wealth within the family. The persons assigned in these relationships never go to the adolescent huts. If either party breaks this rule the arrangement may be annulled.
There is little sex in this "honeymoon" period. In a period that may last for more than a year the wife makes herself unattractive by darkening her face, etc. In a culture that shows latitude in so many sexual areas it is interesting to note that to talk factually about sex humor is an exception is a gross breach of good behavior. It can even lead to murder or suicide on rare occasions.
The grossest insult is to "copulate with your wife. When Malinowski suggested that a man offer physical support to his seriously limping wife, the couple was sorely embarrassed. Marriages are generally congenial and caring.
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He writes, " … it almost made me forget that I was among savages and not back in civilization. Breach of marital fidelity is condemned, as with us. The ideal marriage is to an only sister of many brothers. It is unfortunate that aside from the fact that quarreling within a marriage was regarded as deviant from the norm there is a paucity of information on the character of the members of Trobriand society. There are several features of the society which are most interesting from an orgonomic view.
To quote Malinowski, "magic, the attempt of man to govern the forces of nature directly by means of a special lore, is all-pervading and all-important in the Trobriands. The other characteristics which command our attention are the free play of childhood and adolescent sexuality and the respect paid to children by adults. Reich assumed that sexual freedom and respectful regard of children would be attributes of the society of "Children of the Future" 2.
It infers an existence closer to the natural order, freer of emotional armoring and consequently from "lives of quiet desperation. In a letter to A. Neill he wrote, "I would like to grant every healthy child of the future the right to have a fit, whooping cough, an occasional accident and similar innocent neurotic happenings.
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What counts is the foundation and not the surface. In another letter to A. It is very necessary to kill a new false religion of easy-going heavens before it is too late. In answer, Neill writes concerning his daughter Zoe , "Damned annoying all the same to find how strong a hold the other side gets on a kid. Ena his wife and I counter-act all the time of course" 3. In a world of "Children of the Future" it is obvious that there is an implication of "adults of the future. This must be a long, long time coming.
A time of countless questions. One takes note of the fact that in an existing society in which there is already a heady degree of self- regulation in childhood and little interference with the natural flow of sexual energy in childhood and adolescence, in adulthood there is supreme regard for magic as the way of dealing with adversity and it is taboo for unmarried men and women to share a meal.
The cultural pathology trumps nature.