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Abstract
Group dynamics is extremely difficult to model and to analyze through formal methods. From an interdisciplinary perspective, and based on core ideas drawn from Peircean semiotics, Category Theory, and psychoanalysis, the current paper presents a novel semio-mathematical technique for excavating themes out of group dynamics. A theme is modeled as an elementary Topos that is systematically produced from the verbal interaction using triadic units of analysis. Each theme is interpreted in-context in order to excavate unconscious relational patterns. The technique is illustrated through the analysis of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
Keywords:: semiotics and psychology/psychoanalysis; group dynamics; semiotic matrix; category theory; interdisciplinary research
Published Online: 2011-09-29
Published in Print: 2011-October
© 2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
