This is a postmodernist dissertation contextualised within the new
epistemology.
The dissertation's descriptive methodology mirrors a personal journey
from intrapsychic to ecosystemic psychology which operates within the
domain of language and narrative discourse. As such it is founded on the
principles of ecosystemic rather than Newtonian thinking.
A conversation between various participants constructs the dissertatioi1
through polyphony and academic dialogue. This is then deconstructed through
the use of metalogue thereby allowing the dissertation to operate
simultaneously on a number of different levels.
As it is a postmodernist text, the structure is in a sense an 'anti-structure'
in that it is indirect while it is still acknowledged as a construction. In this
way it is constructed and deconstructed in terms of its own premises.
Expectations in terms of conventional dissertation formulae are challenged
without negating academic requirements. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16534 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Aarons, Zahava |
| Contributors | Johnson, A. R. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (vii, 126 leaves) |
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