This thesis proposes an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that integrates Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology with the interpretive and cultural anthropology of Clifford Geertz, Peter Winch, and Francesco Remotti. The main objective is to overcome the dualism between individual and society by investigating how the Adlerian subjective lifestyle actively takes shape within webs of significance, shared forms of life, and anthropo-poetic processes of human construction. To achieve this, the contributions of Mead, Vygotsky, and Bruner will serve as a theoretical bridge to explain the transition from social experience to the personal dimension. Thus, the "anthropo-Adlerian framework of contextual meaning" is outlined, a conceptual framework that proposes a human being essentially marked by inferiority and incompleteness, seeking orientation within cultural models that are subsequently reworked into opinions and guiding fictions. The resulting behavior materializes as action in the shared world, confirming, negotiating, or transforming collective meanings. Within this continuous circuit, community feeling becomes the interpretive criterion to evaluate the cooperative and participatory quality of the relationship between the individual and the community. Finally, the work explores potential theoretical-applicative implications of the framework in the fields of clinical psychology (viewing distress as a culturally situated phenomenon through the lens of the "expanded opinion"), community psychology (analyzing collective finalisms), and anthropology, while also providing an eventual heuristic grid for future qualitative research.
La tesi propone un quadro concettuale interdisciplinare che integra la Psicologia Individuale di Alfred Adler con l'antropologia interpretativa e culturale di Clifford Geertz, Peter Winch e Francesco Remotti. L'obiettivo principale è superare il dualismo tra individuo e società, indagando come lo stile di vita soggettivo adleriano prenda attivamente forma all'interno di reti di significato, forme di vita condivise e processi antropo-poietici di costruzione dell'umano. Per fare ciò, verranno usati i contributi di Mead, Vygotskij e Bruner come ponte teorico per spiegare il passaggio dall’esperienza sociale alla dimensione personale. Viene quindi delineato il "quadro antropo-adleriano del significato contestuale", un quadro concettuale che propone un essere umano segnato nella sua essenza da inferiorità e incompletezza, alla ricerca di orientamento in modelli culturali che rielabora poi in opinioni e finzioni guida. Il comportamento che ne deriva si concretizza in azione nel mondo comune che conferma, negozia o trasforma i significati collettivi. In questo circuito continuo, il sentimento sociale diventa il criterio interpretativo per valutare la qualità cooperativa e partecipativa del rapporto tra individuo e comunità. Infine, il lavoro esplora alcune possibili implicazioni teorico-applicative del quadro in ambito di psicologia clinica (leggendo il disagio come fenomeno culturalmente situato attraverso l'opinione allargata), psicologia di comunità (analizzando i finalismi collettivi) e antropologia, fornendo anche un'eventuale griglia euristica per future ricerche qualitative.
LA COSTRUZIONE CULTURALMENTE SITUATA DELLO STILE DI VITA: UN QUADRO ANTROPO-ADLERIANO DEL SIGNIFICATO CONTESTUALE
OPICI, FABRIZIO
2025/2026
Abstract
This thesis proposes an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that integrates Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology with the interpretive and cultural anthropology of Clifford Geertz, Peter Winch, and Francesco Remotti. The main objective is to overcome the dualism between individual and society by investigating how the Adlerian subjective lifestyle actively takes shape within webs of significance, shared forms of life, and anthropo-poetic processes of human construction. To achieve this, the contributions of Mead, Vygotsky, and Bruner will serve as a theoretical bridge to explain the transition from social experience to the personal dimension. Thus, the "anthropo-Adlerian framework of contextual meaning" is outlined, a conceptual framework that proposes a human being essentially marked by inferiority and incompleteness, seeking orientation within cultural models that are subsequently reworked into opinions and guiding fictions. The resulting behavior materializes as action in the shared world, confirming, negotiating, or transforming collective meanings. Within this continuous circuit, community feeling becomes the interpretive criterion to evaluate the cooperative and participatory quality of the relationship between the individual and the community. Finally, the work explores potential theoretical-applicative implications of the framework in the fields of clinical psychology (viewing distress as a culturally situated phenomenon through the lens of the "expanded opinion"), community psychology (analyzing collective finalisms), and anthropology, while also providing an eventual heuristic grid for future qualitative research.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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