@article{Altman, author = {Altman, Neil}, title = {You Say Oedipal, I Say Postoedipal A Consideration of Desire and Hostility in the Analytic Relationship}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 909-916.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 909-916.}, abstract = {I consider the psychoanalytic significance of taking account of the historical context, across generations, in which the emotional lives of analysands take shape.}, language = {en} } @article{Altman, author = {Altman, Neil}, title = {Two quibbles. Commentary on Kenneth A. Frank's paper}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 405-408.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 405-408.}, abstract = {In this response to Rustin, Goldman, and Schwartz, I note the ways in which their commentaries have stimulated my thinking further.}, language = {en} } @article{Altman, author = {Altman, Neil}, title = {Toward the Coexistence of Effort and Lack: Commentary on Paper by Cynthia Dyess and Tim Dean}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 321-346.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 321-346.}, abstract = {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?}, language = {en} }