Edmund Bergler
Edmund Bergler | |
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Edmund Bergler in the Wiener Psychoanalytisches Ambulatorium 1922 (standing at far right) | |
| Born | July 20, 1899 |
| Died | February 6, 1962 (aged 62) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Psychoanalyst |
Edmund Bergler (/ˈbɛərɡlər/ BAIR-glər; Austrian German: [ˈɛdmʊnd ˈbɛʁɡlɐ]; July 20, 1899 – February 6, 1962) was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst whose books covered such topics as childhood development, mid-life crises, loveless marriages, gambling, self-defeating behaviors, and homosexuality. He has been described as the most important psychoanalytic theorist of homosexuality in the 1950s.