La complexité régulatrice des discours programmateurs. Circuits sociaux de la modalisation et instances critiques

Programming discourses are affected by a double bind: it is necessary to present the organization of a series of coordinated actions according to a purpose and at same time to request a wise interpretation of the instructions, adapting them to the context of application. Always struggling against a lack of organization or inexperienced plans, programming discourses must rely on the skills of the performer, which suggests that the limits of their ambitions and their maieutic vocation should be specified in advance: to have qualified decisions expressed. Behind their prosaic and servile character, programming discourses hide a critical analysis of social action according to a circuit of mandates and interpretative appropriations. This invites us to discuss, through exemplifications, the overly generalizing use of the term incitement to qualify the prototypical modalization of the programming discourse.