TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Toward the Coexistence of Effort and Lack: Commentary on Paper by Cynthia Dyess and Tim Dean T2 - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 321-346. N2 - I argue that on both the small-scale level of the interpersonal relationship, and the large-scale level of society, the manic defense makes it difficult to care about others, and so militates against a sense of social responsibility. I address four basic questions: what is the nature of social responsibility? What is the nature of the manic defense? How does the manic defense interfere with the potential for social responsibility? And, on a more general level, what are the issues with respect to methodology for efforts such as this one to link psychoanalysis and social theory? Y1 - 2005 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-Fromm/frontdoor/index/index/docId/30777 ER -