Toward the Coexistence of Effort and Lack: Commentary on Paper by Cynthia Dyess and Tim Dean
- 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?
Author: | Neil Altman |
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Parent Title (English): | Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 321-346. |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2005 |
Release Date: | 2017/11/20 |
Format: | xerox upon request / Fotokopie auf Anfrage |
IdNo: | Altman_N_2005 |
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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