Introduction: A Dialectical Constructivist Understanding of Self-Interest and Social Responsibility

Neil Altman, Ph.D., is Visiting Professor at the Ambedkar University of Delhi, India, and member of the member of the faculty at the William Alanson White Institute, where he is an Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society. He is author of The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class and Culture through a Psychoanalytic Lens, Second Edition. He is also Editor Emeritus and Associate Editor of this journal.Neil Altman, Ph.D., is Visiting Professor at the Ambedkar University of Delhi, India, and member of the member of the faculty at the William Alanson White Institute, where he is an Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society. He is author of