Author : Martin Weegmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429917171
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Book Synopsis Permission to Narrate by : Martin Weegmann
Download or read book Permission to Narrate written by Martin Weegmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Permission to Narrate develops exciting new theory and explorations for group analysis. They are diverse in range and, from differing bases in theory and research, aim to cast light on how clients find voice and speak out in groups and the importance of rhetoric in the understanding of communication. It addresses the ways in which silenced, submerged and less confident voices emerge, finding permission and narration, often against the odds. Positioning and dialogical theory is used to show how such voices are caught up in and defined by discourses, and also how we can transcend the definitions and positions into which we are thrown. Accessible clinical and historical examples bring theory to life. Permission to Narrate also uses applied group analytic theory to consider the cultural role and rhetoric of monsters, and what these representations tell us about the position in which human beings conceive themselves. Also explored, using applied group theory, are the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Quakers, both serving as remarkable examples of different, alternative group formations.