Reimut Reiche (born June 20, 1941, in

Esslingen am Neckar Esslingen am Neckar (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Esslenga am Neckor''; until 16 October 1964 officially '' Eßlingen am Neckar'') is a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, seat of the Esslingen (district), Distri ...

) is a German sociologist, sexologist, author and psychoanalyst. In his early years Reiche was an activist in

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(SDS) and he became president of the SDS in 1966. He was also a member of the group '' Revolutionärer Kampf'' in

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. Reiche studied sociology in

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and

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

. In 1973 he published - together with Martin Dannecker - ''Der gewöhnliche Homosexuelle (The Ordinary Homosexual)'' to receive his PhD. After he had finished university Reiche worked at the

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft The (Institute for Sexual Science) was an early private sexology research institute in Germany from 1919 to 1933. The name is variously translated as Institute for Sexual Research, Institute of Sexology, Institute for Sexology, or Institute f ...

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, in Frankfurt am Main. In 1991 Reiche got his postdoctoral lecture qualification (

Privatdozent ''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualifi ...

) on the subject: ''Geschlechterspannung ender (or Sex) Strain'. From 1973 to 1980 Reiche studied at the Sigmund-Freud-Institut in Frankfurt am Main and he became a psychoanalyst in 1980 (DPV). Since 1980 Reiche has been working as a psychoanalyst in Frankfurt/Main.

Works

* ''Sexualität und Klassenkampf. Zur Kritik repressiver Entsublimierung'', Berlin, 1968. * ''Sexuelle Revolution - Erinnerung an einen Mythos'', in: Lothar Baier, (1988) ''Die Früchte der Revolte. Über die Veränderung der politischen Kultur durch die Studentenbewegung'', Berlin: Wagenbach, Pages 45–71. * ''Geschlechterspannung - Eine psychoanalytische Untersuchung'', Frankfurt a. M., (Fischer TB) 1990, 204 pages, new edition: Gießen (Psychosozial-Verlag) 2000. * ''Sexualität und Gesellschaft'', Festschrift for

Volkmar Sigusch Volkmar Sigusch (11 June 1940 – 7 February 2023) was a German sexologist, physician and sociologist. From 1973 to 2006, he was the director of the ''Institut für Sexualwissenschaft'' (Institute for Sexual Science) at the clinic of Goethe Univ ...

(zusammen mit M. Dannecker herausgegeben) Frankfurt a. M. (Campus) 2000, 418 Pages. * ''Mutterseelenallein – Kunst, Form und Psychoanalyse'', Frankfurt a. M. (Stroemfeld) 2001, 200 Pages. * ''Triebschicksal der Gesellschaft. Über den Strukturwandel der Psyche'', Frankfurt a. M. (Campus), 2004. * Psychoanalytische Therapie sexueller Perversionen. In: Volkmar Sigusch (Hrsg.): Sexuelle Störungen und ihre Behandlung. Stuttgart, New York: Thieme 2007, S. 439-464 * Ein Hybrid-Nazi in Analyse in: Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse, Jg. 60, Verlag Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart 2010 ISSN 0075-2363

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