Roberto Freire

Roberto Freire (São Paulo, b. January 18, 1927; São Paulo, d. May 23, 2008) was a medical psychiatrist and Brazilian writer. He created somatherapy (Portuguese: somaterapia), also referred to as SOMA, an anarchist therapy based on the then radical new ideas of Wilhelm Reich, as well as the Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola. As an active writer, Freire published more than thirty books in his life, among these his 1966 work Cleo e Daniel was a bestseller. Early life and education Joaquim Roberto Corrêa Freire was born in São Paulo on 18 January 1927. Freire studied medicine before going on to conduct research in electrophysiology and cellular biophysics with Carlos Chagas Filho at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. based on the research of the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. With the objective of freeing the individual to be more creative, the exercises in Soma work with the relationship between the body and emotions. The therapy integrates a structural critique, as it "seeks to liberate the individual from the neurosis caused by a repressive society". Somatherapy is intended to "challenge authoritarian politics and competitve capitalist social relationships at a personal level, by cultivating bodily awareness and producing non-authoritarian social relationships". Other essential ingredients in Soma are the studies of antipsychiatry related to human communication and the Brazilian martial art / dance Capoeira Angola.

Politics Freire explained, in a 1983 interview with Jornal Psi, that "I always felt like an anarchist, but an anarchist of spontaneous consciousness devoid of 'pre' ideology", later he "became a Marxist" and "got involved with the Communist Party" which he eventually left and "got involved with Ação Popular" instead.

Personal life Freire had three children including Paulo de Oliveira Freire (born 1957) and Pedro ('Tuco') De Oliveira Freire (14 October 1954 - 20 October 2015). Paulo is a musician, as was Tuco. Friere was married, however this ended in 1972 - and he described it as a "bourgeois marriage". In an interview with Diário da Tarde, Friere stated that he raised his children with the "libertarian pedagogy" that "we anarchists have developed". Works Written work Freire, R. (1966). Cleo e Daniel Freire, R. and Brito, F. (1984). Utopia e Paixão – A politica do cotidiano Freire, R. (1977). Viva eu, viva tu, vivao rabo do tatu! Freire, R. (1982). Tchau Amor Freire, R. (1986). Coiote Freire, R. (1987). Ame e Dê Vexame Freire, R. (1987). Sem Tesão Não Há Solução Freire, R. (1988). SOMA, Vol 1 – A alma é o Corpo Freire, R. (1991). SOMA, Vol 2 – A Arma é o Corpo. Freire, R. (1991). Histórias Cultas e Grossas, Vol 1 & 2 Freire, R. (1992). A Farsa Ecológica Freire, R. (1994). A fórmula da esperança Freire, R. (1994). Moleques de rua Freire, R. (1994). O Milagre de Santa Chorona Freire, R. (1994). Domadores, Mágicos e Ladrões Freire, R. (1995). A Revolta dos Meninos Freire, R. (1995). Tesudos de todo o mundo, uni-vos! Freire, R. (1995). Os Cúmplices, Vol 1 Freire, R. (1996). Os Cúmplices, Vol 2 Freire, R. (1999). Liv e Tatziu – Uma História de Amor Incestuoso. Freire, R. (1999). O Tesão e o Sonho Freire, R. (1999). O tesão e o sonho Freire, R. (2003). O Momento Culminante Freire, R. (2003). Eu é um outro Film and television Marcados pelo Amor (1964) Cleo e Daniel (1970) O Amor É Nosso (1981) Banzo (1964) Eu E a Moto (1972)