Towards the Construction of a Nicer Life
Subjectivity and the Logic of Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18966164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Sakellariou (0000-0002-2668-2834, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology in Action (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-201X • E-ISSN: 1752-2285 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/aia.2015.220106 |
| OpenAlex | W2022391207 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this article, I bring to the foreground the enactment of the logic of choice and focus on what happens when people are denied the interventions they choose. The specific interventions I focus on are home modifications. My aim is to show how people living with a chronic illness or disability interact with the logic of choice. Drawing from a narrative study on experiences of living with motor neurone disease, I present the narrative of one woman as she tries to enact a life that she can describe as good, or be er. Using empirical evidence, I explore some of the links between subjectivity and the logic of choice, focusing on the experiential knowledge that guides decision-making. In this article, I illustrate how people living with a chronic condition can enact subjectivity by choosing interventions that can a end to their social world
Epistemology · Experiential learning · Narrative · Pedagogy · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Subjectivity · Empathy and Medical Education · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2017 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |