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Agency and ‘Severe mental illness’
In social science, agency is the ability of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfil their potential. It’s one independent ability to act on one’s will. John Locke pointed out that the concept of agency is the capacity of individual beings to shape circumstances in which they live. And Jacques Rousseau called it… Continue reading
About Me
I am a doctor of philosophy, a university lecturer, and a lover of cats, fine wine, dancing, theatre, and human eccentricity. I was born in the Soviet Union (Moscow). I am fluent in four languages, and have spent all my adult life studying (except from 18 to 19) working and living throughout Western Europe. Despite a surname-Netchitailova- that translates from Russian into English as “unreadable”, my greatest passions in life are reading and writing. My personal struggles have made me appreciate the manifestations of weirdness that exist everywhere.