This book made me rethink many of my presumptions about human agency. After reading it, I'm wondering if we are ever really in full possession of our selves, if we are not, in fact, more often possessed by our language, our culture, our history, and our family systems....
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This book made me rethink many of my presumptions about human agency. After reading it, I'm wondering if we are ever really in full possession of our selves, if we are not, in fact, more often possessed by our language, our culture, our history, and our family systems. Many theorists and philosophers, like Nietzsche, Foucault, and Heidegger, have contested the presumption of the ego's agency, but by focusing on spirit possession, taking it on terms sympathetic to the people undergoing it, Keller brought the issue home to me in a fascinating new way.
