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Ironic Metaphors and Ironic Professional Education
Author(s) -
Linzey Tim
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1994.tb00979.x
Subject(s) - epistemology , power (physics) , metaphor , psychology , project commissioning , process (computing) , sociology , publishing , pedagogy , philosophy , law , linguistics , political science , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
The metaphors that dominate the different models of family therapy carry with them unstated and sometimes unexamined theoretical assumptions about the therapeutic process. Following Richard Rorty's views of education, I contend that ironic metaphors can be used to expose some of these deep‐rooted assumptions behind the theory and practice of trainee professionals. I discuss the singular power of ironic metaphors to draw attention to the theoretical tensions in models of professional practice, and follow this with a description of an experiment with ironic training.