Martin S. Bergmann
American psychologist
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Martin S. Bergmann (February 15, 1913 – January 22, 2014) was a clinical professor of psychology of the New York University post-doctoral program where he taught the course on the history of psychoanalysis. He was a major voice in the post-Freudian analysis and authored books on human conditions like the Holocaust, the phenomenology of love and child sacrifice.[1] He was a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association and an honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association.[2]
Martin S. Bergmann | |
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| Born | February 15, 1913 |
| Died | January 22, 2014 (aged 100) New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Professor of psychology |
| Children | Michael Bergmann |
| Parent | Hugo Bergmann |
Family
He was the son of Hugo Bergmann,[3] a Prague-born Israeli philosopher, and father of Michael Bergmann.
On film
Bergmann contributed to the documentaries "The Century of the Self" (2002)[4] by Adam Curtis and Young Dr. Freud[2] by David Grubin. He appeared as Prof. Louis Levy in Woody Allen's 1989 feature Crimes and Misdemeanors,[5] and played SS NCO Zablocie in Schindler's List.[citation needed]
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - Professor Louis Levy
- Schindler's List (1993) - SS NCO Zablocie
Death
Bergmann died on January 22, 2014, aged 100.[6]
Partial bibliography
- The Anatomy of Loving: The Story of Man's Quest to Know What Love Is (1987), Ballantine Books ISBN 978-0449905531
- Generations of the Holocaust (1991), Columbia Univ. Press, ISBN 978-0231074230
- In the Shadow of Moloch (1992), Columbia University Press ISBN 978-0231072489
- What Silent Love Hath Writ: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Shakespeare's Sonnets (with his son Michael Bergmann, 2008), Separate Star, ISBN 978-0971287242
- Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of Psychoanalysis (2004), Other Press ISBN 978-1590511176
- "The Unconscious in Shakespeare's Plays" (2013), Karnac ISBN 978-1780491561
