Martin S. Bergmann Explained

Martin S. Bergmann
Birth Date:	15 February 1913
Death Place:	New York City, United States
Occupation:	Professor of psychology
Children:	Michael Bergmann
Parents:	Hugo 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] 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, and played SS NCO Zablocie in Schindler's List.

• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - Professor Louis Levy
• Schindler's List (1993) - SS NCO Zablocie

Death

Bergmann died on January 22, 2014, aged 100.^[5]

Partial bibliography

• The Anatomy of Loving: The Story of Man's Quest to Know What Love Is (1987), Ballantine Books
• Generations of the Holocaust (1991), Columbia Univ. Press,
• In the Shadow of Moloch (1992), Columbia University Press
• What Silent Love Hath Writ: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Shakespeare's Sonnets (with his son Michael Bergmann, 2008), Separate Star,
• Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of Psychoanalysis (2004), Other Press
• "The Unconscious in Shakespeare's Plays" (2013), Karnac

External links

• Martin S. Bergmann talks about his life and turning 100

Notes and References

1. Web site: Martin S. Bergmann, PhD . Mary S. Sigourney Award Trust . 1997 . 2012-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203060148/http://www.sigourneyaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108&Itemid=67 . February 3, 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Young Dr. Freud: Featured Historians: Martin S Bergmann . PBS . 2002 . 2012-03-27.
3. http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/hugo.html The Hugo Bergmann Papers
4. http://benatlas.com/2009/11/the-century-of-the-self-by-adam-curtisays-and-the-pr-century/ benatlas.com
5. News: Fox. Margalit. Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and an On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100. The New York Times. B7. 2014-01-26. 2014-02-06.