Towards the construction of a nicer life: subjectivity and the logic of choice

Sakellariou, Dikaios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-2834 2015. Towards the construction of a nicer life: subjectivity and the logic of choice. Anthropology in Action 22 (1) , pp. 46-53. 10.3167/aia.2015.220106

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Abstract

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 better. 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 attend to their social world.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Berghahn Journals
ISSN:	1752-2285
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2024 21:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72208

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