I found Holland and Skinner et al's definition useful... The subject is
SUBJECTED, like a grammatical subject, to events, but, like diane says,
subjectivity refers to the lived experience of that. I don't think that
agency is highlighted in the term "subject" as much as social history, the
given. Agency, as Phil said, is more or less available to us, depending on
the technologies of the / available to the self. Agency is a staging of the
self, and whatever degree of it is exercised may not be fully visible.
Judy
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From: Phil Graham [mailto:phil.graham@mailbox.uq.edu.au]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:39 AM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re(2): Post Lyotard Subjectivities
DCH,
I'm not being definitive other than of my own understanding and (mostly
non-)use of the terms. Obviously there are multiple understandings and
usages of them, which was the basis of Mike's post.
Best,
Phil
At 01:41 AM 27/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>yikes!!
>
>i must be a simpleton!!
>
>i've always understood subjectivities to describe the irrepressible
>empathy of social life,
>i.e., the muliple expressions of the ways we "feel" in social activity...
>
>
>:0
>
>diane
>
>
>
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