Martin S. Bergmann
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] In the wake of 9/11 he wrote an article concerning its implications on psychoanalysis called "Psychoanalytical Reflections on September 11, 2001. He was the son of Hugo Bergmann[3] 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. Bergmann also appears as Prof. Louis Levy in Woody Allen's 1989 feature Crimes and Misdemeanors.[5] He also played a SS NCO Zablocie in Schindler's List[6]
Death
Bergmann died on January 22, 2014 aged 100.[7]
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
References
- ↑ "Martin S. Bergmann, PhD". Mary S. Sigourney Award Trust. 1997. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 "Young Dr. Freud: Featured Historians: Martin S Bergmann". PBS. 2002. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ The Hugo Bergmann Papers
- ↑ benatlas.com
- ↑ "In the Shadow of Moloch", New York Times Book Review, 98, p. 43, 1993, retrieved 2012-03-27
- ↑ Schindler's List at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Fox, Margalit (2014-01-26). "Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and an On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100". New York Times. p. B7. Retrieved 2014-02-06.