摘要：Este estudo investiga a noção de couraça nos primeiros 13 anos, de 1920 a 1933, da obra do analista Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), período em que o autor esteve vinculado à International Psychoanalytical Association . A questão norteadora é: qual(ais) o(s) sentido(s) da couraça no pensamento de Reich? Foram pesquisados os escritos do então psicanalista de acordo com a sequência cronológica de publicação dos trabalhos. Encontrou-se que: a) a couraça é mencionada pela primeira vez em 1922, no artigo “Dois tipos narcisistas”, para indicar uma defesa associada ao quadro das neuroses de caráter; b) a princípio, ela é concebida na esfera psíquica, mas, gradativamente, passa a ser considerada também no âmbito somático; c) destinada a exercer função protetora, a couraça constitui algo natural e inevitável, porém essa estrutura pode chegar a comprometer o contato com o meio interno e externo, além de afetar a regulação libidinal do sujeito.
其他摘要：This essay investigates the notion of armor in the first 13 years – from 1920 to 1933 – of the work of the analyst Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), a period in which the author was connected to the International Psychoanalytical Association. The leading question was: what is (are) the meaning(s) of armor in Reich’s thought? As to method, we have made a research in the writings of the then psychoanalyst according to the chronological sequence of his publications. Results: a) the armor is mentioned for the first time in 1922, in the essay “Two Narcissistic Types”, in indication to a defense associated with character neurosis; b) at first, the armor was conceived in relation to the psychic field, but then slowly began to be addressed as part of the somatic field as well; c) aimed at having a protective function, the armor is something natural and inevitable, but as a structure it may end up harming the contact with the inside and the outside, besides affecting the subject’s libidinal regulation.
