 Wilhelm Reich ( 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957 ) was an Austrian psychoanalyst , a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud . The author of several influential books , most notably Character Analysis ( 1933 ) , The Mass Psychology of Fascism ( 1933 ) and The Sexual Revolution ( 1936 ) , Reich became known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry . 
