‘I can because you can’: the inter-subjective nature of self-agency

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The author uses the observation of a single baby over two years to trace the development of agency and the subsequent emergence of a subjective sense of self-agency in the child. Drawing on both Jungian and developmental literature, including Knox, Stern, Gergely and Watson and Fonagy et al., the paper offers a detailed description of the importance of the other in the achievement of a robust sense of self-agency in the infant.View full textDownload full textKeywordsagency, self-agency, inter-subjective, development, Jean Knox, unconsciousRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698036.2012.692856