Larger Systems? Beyond a Dualistic Approach to the Process of Change

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Abstract
The power metaphor, the control desire and war-like language have been frequently used as a reference in the analysis and treatment of the supposed larger system. In discussing epistemological assumptions of this model, the authors illustrate how the most recent elaborations of systemic thinking allow for a different approach to the so-called larger system. The new perspectives they refer to: (a) affirm the observer-dependent nature of the system; (b) adopt an analysis model based on the autoreferential and constructivist rapport between theoretical framework, observer and system; (c) recognise that change is a function of the system’s structure; and (d) use a framework of categorisation based on complementarity. The new model of analysis and intervention emerging from this ecosystemic perspective is elaborated through a case-example.

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