TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - The Tree of Knowledge: Good and Evil: Conflicting Interpretations JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 807-815. N2 - The dynamics of the larger society inevitably are manifest in intrapsychic dynamics, as well as interpersonal interactions, in and out of the psychoanalytic consulting room. Traditional psychoanalytic inattention to the social world predisposes analysts to enact unreflectively some of the racist and classist patterns in the social world around us in our clinical work. This author argues first that U.S. psychoanalysis, as a field, has sought to define itself as white, thereby demonstrating the influence of racism in this country. Second, in a clinical example, the author demonstrates the subtle imprint of racism and classism in a dyad in which both participants are conventionally classified as white. He concludes that open discussion of U.S. history and of the past and current social location of psychoanalysis as a field goes hand in hand with increased awareness of the ways in which social forces organize psychoanalytic interactions. Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Toward the Coexistence of Effort and Lack: Commentary on Paper by Cynthia Dyess and Tim Dean JF - 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 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - You Say Oedipal, I Say Postoedipal A Consideration of Desire and Hostility in the Analytic Relationship JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 909-916. N2 - I consider the psychoanalytic significance of taking account of the historical context, across generations, in which the emotional lives of analysands take shape. Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Two quibbles. Commentary on Kenneth A. Frank's paper JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 405-408. N2 - In this response to Rustin, Goldman, and Schwartz, I note the ways in which their commentaries have stimulated my thinking further. Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil A1 - Messler Davies, Jody T1 - Some distinguishing features of Heinz Kohut's self psychology JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 12 (2002), pp. 359-360. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - An interview with Otto Kernberg JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 03 (1993), pp. 029-049. N2 - This paper considers, from a psychoanalytic point of view, work with urban poor patients. A previous attempt, from an ego psychological perspective, to adapt psychoanalytic theory and technique for work with such patients is reviewed. An attempt is then made to elaborate an object relations perspective, based largely on the work of Fairbairn. The two approaches are compared and contrasted, especially with respect to common problems that arise in work with this group of people, such as missed appointments, crises, and requests for >concrete< help. Finally, there is a review of how the structure and policies of the public clinics in which most poor patients are seen impact on analytically oriented work. Y1 - 1993 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Analysis of a case of transsexualism JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 03 (1993), pp. 085-092. Y1 - 1993 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Ego psychological and object relational approaches – is it either/or –. Commentary on Neil Altman's >psychoanalysis and the urban poor< JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 05 (1995), pp. 595-604. Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Interior experience within analytic process JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 547-551. Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Reply to Commentaries JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 10 (2000), pp. 589-605. N2 - This paper begins with an analysis of race as a social construction and then follows the argument that, at a deep structural level, race and racism are organized by the same rational–irrational polarity of Enlightenment philosophy that informs psychoanalytic structural theory. The heart of the paper is formed by two case examples, one from my own practice and one from Leary (1997). I argue that unconscious racism is to be expected in our clinical work at this point in history and that truly reparative efforts depend on an acknowledgement of racism in the transference–countertransference matrix. Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - Reply to commentaries by Kindler and Shapiro JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 10 (2000), pp. 633-638. Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altman, Neil T1 - The role of the analyst's inadvertent self-revelations JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 439-446. N2 - In this discussion of papers by Gillian Straker and Melanie Suchet, the author draws some links between the two papers in the interest of expanding analysts' understanding of the nature of whiteness as part of a racist discourse. Y1 - 2004 ER -