The body is not a thing that has agency, but an achievement ... - Mol, Annemarie

This quote is attributed to Mol, Annemarie.

"The body is not a thing that has agency, but an achievement of agency, always enacted in practice."

Mol, Annemarie Power

Philosopher-Sociologist Dutch Born 1958 (age 68)

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