Posts published in “Agency, Subjectivity and Resistance”

Agency, Subjectivity and Resistance

In complex systems, individual agency is often constrained, fragmented or obscured. At the same time, people are held responsible for outcomes they do not control. This theme explores the tension between structure and subjectivity: what it means to act, assume responsibility or resist within contexts shaped by institutional and technological power.

Here you will find articles reflecting on agency—the capacity to act meaningfully—under conditions of bureaucracy, social norms, illness, technological governance and social expectation. The texts explore questions of adaptation, exhaustion, resistance and strategies for survival within systems that are not designed for human complexity.

The focus is on how people navigate structures, often through subtle shifts rather than grand gestures. Resistance is understood not only as open rebellion, but also as everyday actions, linguistic shifts and the refusal to internalise the narratives imposed by systems.

This theme places the human being at the centre: not as a wholly free actor, but as a thinking, feeling and acting subject.