Martin S. Bergmann (February 15, 1913 – January 22, 2014) was a clinical professor of psychology of the

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post-doctoral program where he taught the course on the history of

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. 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. He was a member of the

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and an honorary member of the

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. 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

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, a

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-born Israeli philosopher, and father of

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On film

Bergmann contributed to the documentaries "

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" (2002) by

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and '' Young Dr. Freud'' by

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. He appeared as Prof. Louis Levy in

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's 1989 feature ''

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'', and played SS NCO Zablocie in ''

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''. *''

'' (1989) - Professor Louis Levy *''

'' (1993) - SS NCO Zablocie

Death

Bergmann died on January 22, 2014, aged 100.

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

, 2008), Separate Star, * ''Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of Psychoanalysis'' (2004), Other Press * "The Unconscious in Shakespeare's Plays" (2013), Karnac

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Martin S. Bergmann talks about his life and turning 100
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