• ARTICLES, Special Section, XIIIth Biennial Conference of the EPCA - 2016

Subjectivity: Kelly’s discourse and Foucault’s constructs

Stojnov, D., Miletić, V. Džinović, V.

Keywords:
personal construct psychology, subjectivity, episteme, poststructuralism

Abstract:
Kelly and Foucault are unlikely to be seen together in any sort of psychotherapeutic coalition, no matter how loose or it may be. Beyond very discouraging and unpromising first impressions, a second look gives the reader a chance to explore compatibilities between two different scholars who can mutually enrich each other’s work by bringing personhood into the field of impersonal discourses. A surprising compatibility can be construed between the unusual construction of subjects offered in their work; a negative attitude towards the truth and similarities between Kelly’s construct system (at the personal level) and Foucault’s episteme (at the social level).