The first encounter between social constructionism and systemic theories happened in 1980, with the publication of Communication, Action and Meaning. Michel Foucault was considered then by many scholars and practitioners as an obscure French philosopher, totally unrelated to communication and clinical practice. Although he had studied madness, clinical discourse, sexuality and prisons, his ideas seemed too abstract to be applied to both social practice and the analysis of everyday life. This paper describes how the CMM theory provides imagination for everyday communication practice. These methodologies seem to mirror the micro-physics of power, and the hermeneutics of the Self as described by Foucault. I will also apply the considerations to a clinical case study.
The name of the deceiver; Foucauldian readings of MCM (anagram of CMM)
BARBETTA, Pietro
2004-01-01
Abstract
The first encounter between social constructionism and systemic theories happened in 1980, with the publication of Communication, Action and Meaning. Michel Foucault was considered then by many scholars and practitioners as an obscure French philosopher, totally unrelated to communication and clinical practice. Although he had studied madness, clinical discourse, sexuality and prisons, his ideas seemed too abstract to be applied to both social practice and the analysis of everyday life. This paper describes how the CMM theory provides imagination for everyday communication practice. These methodologies seem to mirror the micro-physics of power, and the hermeneutics of the Self as described by Foucault. I will also apply the considerations to a clinical case study.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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