If agency is the power to do something, it makes perfect sense that it is both constrained and enabled by context. First of all, the notion of context is the overpowering factor. Everything is in context, so our agency has the ability to be multiple things at the same time. "Isn't agency an escape from the limits imposed on us?" -No. In essence, sure, but one must remember that the definition of agency (the power to do something) has a silent/understood "in context" at the end.
I think most people in a relationship in general deal with the issue of the limitations of their agency. For someone to get out of a bad relationship, they are enabling their agency because they are changing their situation, with the power they have to do that something. Very often, people in bad relationships feel that their context is much too constraining to enable their agency- so the power works both ways.
1 comment:
I was skeptical about your example, but you explained it quite clearly and well. Nice work.
Post a Comment